Herbicidal compositions comprising 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof and auxin transport inhibitors

ABSTRACT

Provided herein are herbicidal composition containing and method of controlling undesirable vegetation utilizing (a) a compound of formula (I): 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) an auxin transport inhibitor. Exemplary auxin transport inhibitors include chlorflurenol-methyl, diflufenzopyr, flurenol and naptalam, or an agriculturally acceptable derivative thereof. The methods and compositions described herein provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, vegetables, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crop, industrial vegetation management (IVM) or rights of way (ROW).

PRIORITY CLAIM

This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application No. 61/675,093 filed on Jul. 24, 2012, this provisional application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

FIELD

Provided herein are herbicidal compositions comprising (a) 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) an auxin transport inhibitor.

Provided herein are also methods of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising applying (a) 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) an auxin transport inhibitor.

BACKGROUND

The protection of crops from weeds and other vegetation which inhibit crop growth is a constantly recurring problem in agriculture. To help combat this problem, researchers in the field of synthetic chemistry have produced an extensive variety of chemicals and chemical formulations effective in the control of such unwanted growth. Chemical herbicides of many types have been disclosed in the literature and a large number are in commercial use. However, there remains a need for compositions and methods that are effective in controlling undesirable vegetation.

SUMMARY

A first embodiment of the invention provided herein includes herbicidal compositions comprising an herbicidally effective amount of (a) a compound of the formula (I)

or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, and (b) at least one auxin transport inhibitor.

A second embodiment includes the mixture of the first embodiment in which of formula (I), is present in the form of at least one of the following forms: a carboxylic acid, a carboxylate salt, an aralkyl, an alkyl ester, an unsubstituted benzyl, a substituted benzyl, a C₁₋₄ alkyl, and/or an n-butyl ester.

A third embodiment includes the mixture according to either the first or second embodiments wherein the (b) at least one auxin transport inhibitor is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: chlorflurenol-methyl, chlorflurenol, diflufenzopyr, diflufenzopyr sodium, flurenol-methyl, flurenol, and naptalam, or an agriculturally acceptable salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof of at least one of the aforementioned auxin transport inhibitor.

A fourth embodiment includes the mixtures according to any of the first, second, or third embodiments in which the auxin transport inhibitor in the mixture is chlorflurenol-methyl or chlorflurenol wherein the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) to chlorflurenol-methyl or chlorflurenol given in units of gae/ha to gai/ha or gae/ha to gae/ha is selected from the group of ranges of ratios and ratios consisting of: 4.4:1, 1:3.9, 1:7.9, 1:15.7, 1:31.4, 1:62.8, 1:125.6, from 1:15.7 to 1:62.8, 1:1680, from 1:3.9 to 1:62.8, from 1:7.9 to 1:62.8, from 1:15.7 to 1:125.6, from 1:15.7 to 1:62.8, from 4.4:1 to about 1:1680, or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

A fifth embodiment includes the mixtures according to any of the first, second, or third embodiments in which the auxin transport inhibitor. in the mixture is diflufenzopyr or diflufenzopyr sodium wherein the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) to diflufenzopyr or diflufenzopyr sodium given in units of gae/ha to gai/ha or gae/ha to gae/ha is selected from the group of ranges of ratios and ratios consisting of: 86:1, 2:1, 1.8:1, 1:1, 1:1.1, 1:2, 1:2.2, 1:4, 1:4.4, 1:8, 1:8.8, 1:18, from 2:1 to 1:4, from 2:1 to 1:8, from 1.8:1 to 1:8.8, from 1:1680 to 4.4:1, or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

A sixth embodiment includes the mixtures according to any of the first, second, or third embodiments in which the auxin transport inhibitor in the mixture is flurenol-methyl or flurenol wherein the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) to flurenol-methyl or flurenol given in units of gae/ha to gai/ha or gae/ha to gae/ha is selected from the group of ranges of ratios and ratios consisting of: 4.4:1, 1:2.2, 1:4.3, 1:8.6, 1:17.2, 1:34.4, from 1:8.6 to 1:34.4, 1:1680, from 1:2.2 to 1:17.2, from 4.4:1 to 1:1680, or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

A seventh embodiment includes the mixtures according to any of the first, second, or third embodiments in which the auxin transport inhibitor in the mixture is naptalam wherein the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) to naptalam given in units of gae/ha to gai/ha or gae/ha to gae/ha is selected from the group of ranges of ratios and ratios consisting of: 2:1, 1.1:1, 1:1.9, 1:3.8, 1:7.5, 1:10.3, 1:15, 1:20.6, 1:41.3; 1:82.5, 1:165, 1:2250, from 1:1.9 to 1:15, from 1.1:1 to 1:15, from 1:10.31 to 1:165, from 2:1 to 1:2250, or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

An eighth embodiment includes any composition according to any of the first through the seventh embodiments wherein the mixture further comprises at least one an agriculturally acceptable agent selected from the group consisting of an adjuvant, a carrier, or a safener.

A ninth embodiment includes methods of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising the step of applying or otherwise contacting vegetation and/or soil, and/or water with a herbicidally effective amount of at least one mixture according to any of the first through the eighth embodiments.

A tenth embodiment includes methods according to the ninth embodiment wherein undesirable vegetation is controlled according to at least technique selected from the group consisting of: direct-seeded, water-seeded, and/or transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM), or rights-of-way (ROW).

An eleventh embodiment includes methods according to either of the ninth and tenth embodiments wherein a herbicidally effective amount of the mixture is applied either pre- or post emergently to at least one of the following: a crop, a field, a ROW, or a paddy.

A twelfth embodiment includes methods according to any of the ninth through the eleventh embodiments wherein the undesirable vegetation controlled by an application of a herbicidally effective amount of the mixture and at least one of the following phytotoxic actives: glyphosate-, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase inhibitor-, glufosinate-, glutamine synthetase inhibitor-, dicamba-, phenoxy auxin-, pyridyloxy auxin-, synthetic auxin-, auxin transport inhibitor-, aryloxyphenoxypropionate-, cyclohexanedione-, phenylpyrazoline-, acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitor-, imidazolinone-, sulfonylurea-, pyrimidinylthiobenzoate-, triazolopyrimidine-, sulfonylaminocarbonyltriazolinone-, acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) inhibitor-, 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor-, phytoene desaturase inhibitor-, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitor-, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor-, cellulose biosynthesis inhibitor-, mitosis inhibitor-, microtubule inhibitor-, very long chain fatty acid inhibitor-, fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis inhibitor-, photosystem I inhibitor-, photosystem II inhibitor-, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor-, triazine-, or bromoxynil-tolerant crops.

A thirteenth embodiment includes a at least one method according to any of the ninth through the twelfth embodiments wherein a plant that is tolerant to at least one herbicide is treated, and where the tolerant crop possesses multiple or stacked traits conferring tolerance to multiple herbicides or inhibitors of multiple modes of action, in some embodiments the treated plant that expresses resistance to a herbicide is a itself undesirable vegetation.

A fourteenth embodiment includes methods according to the thirteenth embodiment, wherein the resistant or tolerant weed is a biotype with resistance or tolerance to multiple herbicides, multiple chemical classes, inhibitors of multiple herbicide modes-of-action, or via multiple resistance mechanisms.

An fifteenth embodiment includes at least one of the methods according to either the thirteenth of fourteenth embodiments, wherein the resistant or tolerant undesirable plant is a biotype resistant or tolerant to at least on agent selected from the groups consisting of: acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitors or acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS), photosystem II inhibitors, acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors, synthetic auxins, auxin transport inhibitors, photosystem I inhibitors, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase inhibitors, microtubule assembly inhibitors, fatty acid and lipid synthesis inhibitors, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitors, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors, very long chain fatty acid (VLCFA) inhibitors, phytoene desaturase (PDS) inhibitors, glutamine synthetase inhibitors, 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate-dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors, mitosis inhibitors, cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors, herbicides with multiple modes-of-action, quinclorac, arylaminopropionic acids, difenzoquat, endothall, or organoarsenicals.

A sixteenth embodiment includes methods of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising the step of applying a herbicidally effective amount of at least one mixture according to the fourth embodiment wherein the amount of the mixture is applied at a rate, expressed in gai/ha or gae/ha of chlorflurenol-methyl or chlorflurenol selected from the group of rates and ranges of rates consisting of, about: 68.75, 137.5, 275, 550 or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

A seventeenth embodiment includes methods according to either of the fourth and sixteenth embodiments wherein the controlled plant is at least one plant selected from the group consisting of: ECHCG, ECHCO, CYPIR, LEFCH, IPOHE, DIGSA, ECHOR, SCPMA, still other embodiments include controlling plants from the genera consisting of: Echinochloa, Cyperus, Leptochloa, Ipomoea, Digitaria, Schoenoplectus, and Bolboschoenus.

An eighteenth embodiment includes methods of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising the step of applying a herbicidally effective amount of at least one a mixture according to the fifth embodiment wherein the amount of the mixture is applied at a rate, expressed in gai/ha or gae/ha of diflufenzopyr or diflufenzopyr sodium selected from the group of rates and ranges of rates consisting of, about: 8.75, 17.5, 35, 70, or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

A nineteenth embodiment includes methods according to either of the fifth and eighteenth embodiments wherein the controlled plant is at least one plant selected from the group consisting of: BRAPP, LEFCH, DIGSA, IPOHE, ECHCG, CYPRO, FIMMI, still other embodiments include controlling plants from the genera consisting of: Brachiaria, Leptochloa, Digitaria, Ipomoea, Echinochloa, Cyperus, and Fimbristylis.

A twentieth embodiment includes methods of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising the step of applying a herbicidally effective amount of at least one a mixture according to the sixth embodiment wherein the amount of the mixture is applied at a rate, expressed in gai/ha or gae/ha of flurenol or flurenol-methyl selected from the group of rates and ranges of rates consisting of, about: 68.75, 137.5, 275, or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

A twenty-first embodiment includes methods according to either of the sixth and twentieth embodiments wherein the controlled plant is at least one plant selected from the group consisting of: BRAPP, CYPIR, ECHCG, FIMMI, CYPRO still other embodiments include controlling plants from the genera consisting of: Brachiaria, Cyperus, Echinochloa, Fimbristylis, and Cyperus.

A twenty-second embodiment includes methods of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising the step of applying a herbicidally effective amount of at least one a mixture according to the seventh embodiment wherein the amount of the mixture is applied at a rate, expressed in gai/ha or gae/ha of naptalam selected from the group of rates and ranges of rates consisting of, about: 30, 60, 120, 330, 660, 1320, or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

A twenty-third embodiment includes methods according to either of the seventh and twenty-second embodiments wherein the controlled plant is at least one plant selected from the group consisting of: BRAPP, LEFCH, IPOHE, ECHCG, FIMMI, ECHOR, CYPRO, still other embodiments include controlling plants from the genera consisting of: Brachiaria, Leptochloa, Ipomoea, Echinochloa, Fimbristylis, Echinochloa, and Cyperus.

Provided herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a compound of the formula (I)

or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester of thereof, and (b) an auxin transport inhibitor. The compositions may also contain an agriculturally acceptable adjuvant or carrier.

Provided herein are also methods of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising applying (a) a compound of formula (I) or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) an auxin transport inhibitor.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Definitions

As used herein, the compound of formula (I) has the following structure:

The compound of formula (I) can be identified by the name 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylic acid and has been described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,314,849 (B2), which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Exemplary uses of the compound of the formula (I) include controlling undesirable vegetation, including grass, broadleaf and sedge weeds, in multiple non-crop and cropping situations.

Without being limited to any theory, auxin transport inhibitors interfere with auxins' abilities to mediate plant growth and development. Exemplary auxin transport inhibitors include, but are not limited to, chlorflurenol-methyl, diflufenzopyr, flurenol and naptalam, or salts or esters thereof.

As used herein, chlorflurenol-methyl is methyl 2-chloro-9-hydroxy-9H-fluorene-9-carboxylate. Exemplary uses of chlorflurenol-methyl are described in Tomlin, C., ed. A World Compendium The Pesticide Manual. 15^(th) ed. Alton: BCPC Publications, 2009 (hereafter “The Pesticide Manual, Fifteenth Edition, 2009.”). Exemplary uses of chlorflurenol-methyl include its use as a plant growth retardant and weed suppressant, e.g., in amenity grass, roadsides, railways, and ditch banks. Chlorflurenol-methyl possesses the following structure:

As used herein, diflufenzopyr is 2-{(E)-1-[4-(3,5-difluorophenyl)-semicarbazono]-ethyl}nicotinic acid. Exemplary uses of diflufenzopyr are described in The Pesticide Manual, Fifteenth Edition, 2009. Exemplary uses of diflufenzopyr include its use for post-emergence control of annual broad-leaved and perennial weeds, e.g., in maize, pasture/rangeland and non-crop areas. Diflufenzopyr possesses the following structure:

An exemplary diflufenzopyr form includes its acid and its sodium salt form, i.e., diflufenzopyr sodium.

As used herein, flurenol is 9-hydroxy-9H-fluorene-9-carboxylic acid. Exemplary uses of flurenol are described in The Pesticide Manual, Fifteenth Edition, 2009. Exemplary uses of flurenol include its use for post-emergence control of broad-leaved weeds, e.g., in cereal grass and rice. Flurenol possesses the following structure:

An exemplary form of flurenol includes flurenol butyl, flurenol-dimethylammonium, and florenol-methyl.

As used herein, naptalam is 2-[(1-naphthalenylamino)carbonyl]benzoic acid. It is described in The Pesticide Manual, Fifteenth Edition, 2009. Naptalam possesses the following structure:

Exemplary forms of naptalam include its sodium salt.

As used herein, herbicide means a compound, e.g., active ingredient that kills, controls or otherwise adversely modifies the growth of plants.

As used herein, a herbicidally effective or vegetation controlling amount is an amount of active ingredient which causes an adversely modifying effect to the vegetation e.g., causing deviations from natural development, killing, effecting regulation, causing desiccation, causing retardation, and the like.

As used herein, controlling undesirable vegetation means preventing, reducing, killing, or otherwise adversely modifying the development of plants and vegetation. Described herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation through the application of certain herbicide combinations or compositions. Methods of application include, but are not limited to applications to the vegetation or locus thereof, e.g., application to the area adjacent to the vegetation, as well as pre-emergence, post-emergence, foliar (broadcast, directed, banded, spot, mechanical, over-the-top, or rescue), and in-water applications (emerged and submerged vegetation, broadcast, spot, mechanical, water-injected, granular broadcast, granular spot, shaker bottle, or stream spray) via hand, backpack, machine, tractor, or aerial (airplane and helicopter) application methods.

As used herein, plants and vegetation include, but are not limited to, germinant seeds, emerging seedlings, plants emerging from vegetative propagules, immature vegetation, and established vegetation.

As used herein, agriculturally acceptable salts and esters refer to salts and esters that exhibit herbicidal activity, or that are or can be converted in plants, water, or soil to the referenced herbicide. Exemplary agriculturally acceptable esters are those that are or can be hydrolyzed, oxidized, metabolized, or otherwise converted, e.g., in plants, water, or soil, to the corresponding carboxylic acid which, depending on the pH, may be in the dissociated or undissociated form.

Exemplary salts include those derived from alkali or alkaline earth metals and those derived from ammonia and amines Exemplary cations include sodium, potassium, magnesium, and aminium cations of the formula:

R¹R²R³R⁴N⁺

wherein R¹, R², R³ and R⁴ each, independently represents hydrogen or C₁-C₁₂ alkyl, C₃-C₁₂ alkenyl or C₃-C₁₂ alkynyl, each of which is optionally substituted by one or more hydroxy, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio or phenyl groups, provided that R¹, R², R³ and R⁴ are sterically compatible. Additionally, any two of R¹, R², R³ and R⁴ together may represent an aliphatic difunctional moiety containing one to twelve carbon atoms and up to two oxygen or sulfur atoms. Salts can be prepared by treatment with a metal hydroxide, such as sodium hydroxide, with an amine, such as ammonia, trimethylamine, diethanolamine, 2-methylthiopropylamine, bisallylamine, 2-butoxyethylamine, morpholine, cyclododecylamine, or benzylamine or with a tetraalkylammonium hydroxide, such as tetramethylammonium hydroxide or choline hydroxide.

Exemplary esters include those derived from C₁-C₁₂ alkyl, C₃-C₁₂ alkenyl, C₃-C₁₂ alkynyl or C₇-C₁₀ aryl-substituted alkyl alcohols, such as methyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, 1-butanol, 2-ethylhexanol, butoxyethanol, methoxypropanol, allyl alcohol, propargyl alcohol, cyclohexanol or unsubstituted or substituted benzyl alcohols. Benzyl alcohols may be substituted with from 1-3 substituents independently selected from halogen, C₁-C₄ alkyl or C₁-C₄ alkoxy. Esters can be prepared by coupling of the acids with the alcohol using any number of suitable activating agents such as those used for peptide couplings such as dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) or carbonyl diimidazole (CDI); by reacting the acids with alkylating agents such as alkylhalides or alkylsulfonates in the presence of a base such as triethylamine or lithium carbonate; by reacting the corresponding acid chloride of an acid with an appropriate alcohol; by reacting the corresponding acid with an appropriate alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst or by transesterification.

Compositions and Methods

A first embodiment of the invention provided herein includes herbicidal compositions comprising an herbicidally effective amount of (a) a compound of the formula (I)

or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, and (b) at least one auxin transport inhibitor.

A second embodiment includes the mixture of the first embodiment in which of formula (I), is present in the form of at least one of the following forms: a carboxylic acid, a carboxylate salt, an aralkyl, an alkyl ester, an unsubstituted benzyl, a substituted benzyl, a C₁₋₄ alkyl, and/or an n-butyl ester.

A third embodiment includes the mixture according to either the first or second embodiments wherein the (b) at least one auxin transport inhibitor is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: chlorflurenol-methyl, chlorflurenol, diflufenzopyr, diflufenzopyr sodium, flurenol-methyl, flurenol, and naptalam, or an agriculturally acceptable salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof of at least one of the aforementioned auxin transport inhibitor.

A fourth embodiment includes the mixtures according to any of the first, second, or third embodiments in which the auxin transport inhibitor in the mixture is chlorflurenol-methyl or chlorflurenol wherein the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) to chlorflurenol-methyl or chlorflurenol given in units of gae/ha to gai/ha is selected from the group of ranges of ratios and ratios consisting of 4.4:1, 1:3.9, 1:7.9, 1:15.7, 1:31.4, 1:62.8, 1:125.6, from 1:15.7 to 1:62.8, 1:1680, from 1:3.9 to 1:62.8, from 1:7.9 to 1:62.8, from 1:15.7 to 1:125.6, from 1:15.7 to 1:62.8, from 4.4:1 to about 1:1680, or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

A fifth embodiment includes the mixtures according to any of the first, second, or third embodiments in which the auxin transport inhibitor. in the mixture is diflufenzopyr or diflufenzopyr sodium wherein the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) to diflufenzopyr or diflufenzopyr sodium given in units of gae/ha to gai/ha is selected from the group of ranges of ratios and ratios consisting of: 86:1, 2:1, 1.8:1, 1:1, 1:1.1, 1:2, 1:2.2, 1:4, 1:4.4, 1:8, 1:8.8, 1:18, from 2:1 to 1:4, from 2:1 to 1:8, from 1.8:1 to 1:8.8, from 1:1680 to 4.4:1, or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

A sixth embodiment includes the mixtures according to any of the first, second, or third embodiments in which the auxin transport inhibitor in the mixture is flurenol-methyl or flurenol wherein the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) to flurenol-methyl or flurenol given in units of gae/ha to gai/ha is selected from the group of ranges of ratios and ratios consisting of: 4.4:1, 1:2.2, 1:4.3, 1:8.6, 1:17.2, 1:34.4, from 1:8.6 to 1:34.4, 1:1680, from 1:2.2 to 1:17.2, from 4.4:1 to 1:1680, or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

A seventh embodiment includes the mixtures according to any of the first, second, or third embodiments in which the auxin transport inhibitor in the mixture is naptalam wherein the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) to naptalam given in units of gae/ha to gai/ha is selected from the group of ranges of ratios and ratios consisting of: 2:1, 1.1:1, 1:1.9, 1:3.8, 1:7.5, 1:10.3, 1:15, 1:20.6, 1:41.3; 1:82.5, 1:165, 1:2250, from 1:1.9 to 1:15, from 1.1:1 to 1:15, from 1:10.31 to 1:165, from 2:1 to 1:2250, or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

An eighth embodiment includes any composition according to any of the first through the seventh embodiments wherein the mixture further comprises at least one an agriculturally acceptable agent selected from the group consisting of an adjuvant, a carrier, or a safener.

A ninth embodiment includes methods of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising the step of applying or otherwise contacting vegetation and/or soil, and/or water with a herbicidally effective amount of at least one mixture according to any of the first through the eighth embodiments.

A tenth embodiment includes methods according to the ninth embodiment wherein undesirable vegetation is controlled according to at least technique selected from the group consisting of: direct-seeded, water-seeded, and/or transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM), or rights-of-way (ROW).

An eleventh embodiment includes methods according to either of the ninth and tenth embodiments wherein a herbicidally effective amount of the mixture is applied either pre- or post emergently to at least one of the following: a crop, a field, a ROW, or a paddy.

A twelfth embodiment includes methods according to any of the ninth through the eleventh embodiments wherein the undesirable vegetation controlled by an application of a herbicidally effective amount of the mixture and at least one of the following phytotoxic actives: glyphosate-, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase inhibitor-, glufosinate-, glutamine synthetase inhibitor-, dicamba-, phenoxy auxin-, pyridyloxy auxin-, synthetic auxin-, auxin transport inhibitor-, aryloxyphenoxypropionate-, cyclohexanedione-, phenylpyrazoline-, acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitor-, imidazolinone-, sulfonylurea-, pyrimidinylthiobenzoate-, triazolopyrimidine-, sulfonylaminocarbonyltriazolinone-, acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) inhibitor-, 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor-, phytoene desaturase inhibitor-, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitor-, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor-, cellulose biosynthesis inhibitor-, mitosis inhibitor-, microtubule inhibitor-, very long chain fatty acid inhibitor-, fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis inhibitor-, photosystem I inhibitor-, photosystem II inhibitor-, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor-, triazine-, or bromoxynil-tolerant crops.

A thirteenth embodiment includes a at least one method according to any of the ninth through the twelfth embodiments wherein a plant that is tolerant to at least one herbicide is treated, and where the tolerant crop possesses multiple or stacked traits conferring tolerance to multiple herbicides or inhibitors of multiple modes of action, in some embodiments the treated plant that expresses resistance to a herbicide is a itself undesirable vegetation.

A fourteenth embodiment includes methods according to the thirteenth embodiment, wherein the resistant or tolerant weed is a biotype with resistance or tolerance to multiple herbicides, multiple chemical classes, inhibitors of multiple herbicide modes-of-action, or via multiple resistance mechanisms.

An fifteenth embodiment includes at least one of the methods according to either the thirteenth of fourteenth embodiments, wherein the resistant or tolerant undesirable plant is a biotype resistant or tolerant to at least on agent selected from the groups consisting of: acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitors or acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS), photosystem II inhibitors, acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors, synthetic auxins, auxin transport inhibitors, photosystem I inhibitors, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase inhibitors, microtubule assembly inhibitors, fatty acid and lipid synthesis inhibitors, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitors, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors, very long chain fatty acid (VLCFA) inhibitors, phytoene desaturase (PDS) inhibitors, glutamine synthetase inhibitors, 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate-dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors, mitosis inhibitors, cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors, herbicides with multiple modes-of-action, quinclorac, arylaminopropionic acids, difenzoquat, endothall, or organoarsenicals.

A sixteenth embodiment includes methods of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising the step of applying a herbicidally effective amount of at least one mixture according to the fourth embodiment wherein the amount of the mixture is applied at a rate, expressed in ai/ha of chlorflurenol-methyl or chlorflurenol selected from the group of rates and ranges of rates consisting of, about: 68.75, 137.5, 275, 550 or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

A seventeenth embodiment includes methods according to either of the fourth and sixteenth embodiments wherein the controlled plant is at least one plant selected from the group consisting of: ECHCG, ECHCO, CYPIR, LEFCH, IPOHE, DIGSA, ECHOR, SCPMA, still other embodiments include controlling plants from the genera consisting of: Echinochloa, Cyperus, Leptochloa, Ipomoea, Digitaria, Schoenoplectus, and Bolboschoenus.

An eighteenth embodiment includes methods of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising the step of applying a herbicidally effective amount of at least one a mixture according to the fifth embodiment wherein the amount of the mixture is applied at a rate, expressed in ai/ha of diflufenzopyr or diflufenzopyr sodium selected from the group of rates and ranges of rates consisting of, about: 8.75, 17.5, 35, 70, or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

A nineteenth embodiment includes methods according to either of the fifth and eighteenth embodiments wherein the controlled plant is at least one plant selected from the group consisting of: BRAPP, LEFCH, DIGSA, IPOHE, ECHCG, CYPRO, FIMMI, still other embodiments include controlling plants from the genera consisting of: Brachiaria, Leptochloa, Digitaria, Ipomoea, Echinochloa, Cyperus, and Fimbristylis.

A twentieth embodiment includes methods of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising the step of applying a herbicidally effective amount of at least one a mixture according to the sixth embodiment wherein the amount of the mixture is applied at a rate, expressed in ai/ha of flurenol or flurenol-methyl selected from the group of rates and ranges of rates consisting of, about: 68.75, 137.5, 275, or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

A twenty-first embodiment includes methods according to either of the sixth and twentieth embodiments wherein the controlled plant is at least one plant selected from the group consisting of: BRAPP, CYPIR, ECHCG, FIMMI, CYPRO still other embodiments include controlling plants from the genera consisting of: Brachiaria, Cyperus, Echinochloa, Fimbristylis, and Cyperus.

A twenty-second embodiment includes methods of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising the step of applying a herbicidally effective amount of at least one a mixture according to the seventh embodiment wherein the amount of the mixture is applied at a rate, expressed in ai/ha of naptalam selected from the group of rates and ranges of rates consisting of, about: 30, 60, 120, 330, 660, 1320, or within any range defined between any pair of the foregoing values.

A twenty-third embodiment includes methods according to either of the seventh and twenty-second embodiments wherein the controlled plant is at least one plant selected from the group consisting of, BRAPP, LEFCH, IPOHE, ECHCG, FIMMI, ECHOR, CYPRO, still other embodiments include controlling plants from the genera consisting of: Brachiaria, Leptochloa, Ipomoea, Echinochloa, Fimbristylis, Echinochloa, and Cyperus.

Provided herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a compound of the formula (I)

or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester of thereof, and (b) an auxin transport inhibitor.

Provided herein are also methods of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising contacting the vegetation or the locus thereof, i.e., area adjacent to the vegetation, with or applying to the soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation a herbicidally effective amount of the compound of formula (I) or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) an auxin transport inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the methods employ the compositions described herein.

In certain embodiments of the compositions and methods, the auxin transport inhibitor is chlorflurenol-methyl, diflufenzopyr, flurenol and naptalam, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof.

Furthermore, in some embodiments, the combination of compound (I) or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, and an auxin transport inhibitor, including but not limited to chlorflurenol-methyl, diflufenzopyr, flurenol and naptalam, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof exhibits synergism, e.g., the herbicidal active ingredients are more effective in combination than when applied individually. Synergism has been defined as “an interaction of two or more factors such that the effect when combined is greater than the predicted effect based on the response of each factor applied separately.” Senseman, S., ed. Herbicide Handbook. 9^(th) ed. Lawrence: Weed Science Society of America, 2007. In certain embodiments, the compositions exhibit synergy as determined by the Colby's equation. Colby, S. R. 1967. Calculation of the synergistic and antagonistic response of herbicide combinations. Weeds 15:20-22.

In certain embodiments of the compositions and methods described herein, the compound of formula (I), i.e., the carboxylic acid, is employed. In certain embodiments, a carboxylate salt of the compound of formula (I) is employed. In certain embodiments, an aralkyl or alkyl ester is employed. In certain embodiments, a benzyl, substituted benzyl, or C₁₋₄ alkyl, e.g., n-butyl ester is employed. In certain embodiments, the benzyl ester is employed

In some embodiments, the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof and an auxin transport inhibitor, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, are formulated in one composition, tank mixed, applied simultaneously, or applied sequentially.

Herbicidal activity is exhibited by the compounds when they are applied directly to the plant or to the locus of the plant at any stage of growth. The effect observed depends upon the plant species to be controlled, the stage of growth of the plant, the application parameters of dilution and spray drop size, the particle size of solid components, the environmental conditions at the time of use, the specific compound employed, the specific adjuvants and carriers employed, the soil type, and the like, as well as the amount of chemical applied. These and other factors can be adjusted to promote non-selective or selective herbicidal action. In some embodiments, the compositions described herein are applied as a post-emergence application, pre-emergence application, or in-water application to flooded paddy rice or water bodies (e.g., ponds, lakes and streams), to relatively immature undesirable vegetation to achieve the maximum control of weeds.

In some embodiments, the compositions and methods provided herein are utilized to control weeds in crops, including but not limited to direct-seeded rice, water-seeded rice, transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights-of-way (ROW).

In certain embodiments, the compositions and methods provided herein are utilized to control weeds in rice. In certain embodiments, the rice is direct-seeded, water-seeded, or transplanted rice.

The compositions and methods described herein may be used to control undesirable vegetation on glyphosate-tolerant-, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase inhibitor-tolerant-, glufosinate-tolerant-, glutamine synthetase inhibitor-tolerant-, dicamba-tolerant-, phenoxy auxin-tolerant-, pyridyloxy auxin-tolerant-, auxin-tolerant-, auxin transport inhibitor-tolerant-, aryloxyphenoxypropionate-tolerant-, cyclohexanedione-tolerant-, phenylpyrazoline-tolerant-, acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitor-tolerant-, imidazolinone-tolerant-, sulfonylurea-tolerant-, pyrimidinylthiobenzoate-tolerant-, triazolopyrimidine-tolerant-, sulfonylaminocarbonyltriazolinone-tolerant-, acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) inhibitor-tolerant-, 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor-tolerant-, phytoene desaturase inhibitor-tolerant-, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitor-tolerant-, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor-tolerant-, cellulose biosynthesis inhibitor-tolerant-, mitosis inhibitor-tolerant-, microtubule inhibitor-tolerant-, very long chain fatty acid inhibitor-tolerant-, fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis inhibitor-tolerant-, photosystem I inhibitor-tolerant-, photosystem II inhibitor-tolerant-, triazine-tolerant-, and bromoxynil-tolerant-crops (such as, but not limited to, soybean, cotton, canola/oilseed rape, rice, cereals, corn, sorghum, sunflower, sugar beet, sugarcane, turf, etc.), for example, in conjunction with glyphosate, EPSP synthase inhibitors, glufosinate, glutamine synthase inhibitors, dicamba, phenoxy auxins, pyridyloxy auxins, synthetic auxins, auxin transport inhibitors, aryloxyphenoxypropionates, cyclohexanediones, phenylpyrazolines, ACCase inhibitors, imidazolinones, sulfonylureas, pyrimidinylthiobenzoates, triazolopyrimidines, sulfonylaminocarbonyltriazolinones, ALS or AHAS inhibitors, HPPD inhibitors, phytoene desaturase inhibitors, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors, PPO inhibitors, cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors, mitosis inhibitors, microtubule inhibitors, very long chain fatty acid inhibitors, fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, photosystem I inhibitors, photosystem II inhibitors, triazines, and bromoxynil. The compositions and methods may be used in controlling undesirable vegetation in crops possessing multiple or stacked traits conferring tolerance to multiple chemistries and/or inhibitors of multiple modes of action. In some embodiments, the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof and complementary herbicide or salt or ester thereof are used in combination with herbicides that are selective for the crop being treated and which complement the spectrum of weeds controlled by these compounds at the application rate employed. In some embodiments, the compositions described herein and other complementary herbicides are applied at the same time, either as a combination formulation or as a tank mix, or sequentially.

The compositions and methods may be used in controlling undesirable vegetation in crops possessing agronomic stress tolerance (including but not limited to drought, cold, heat, salt, water, nutrient, fertility, pH), pest tolerance (including but not limited to insects, fungi and pathogens) and crop improvement traits (including but not limited to yield; protein, carbohydrate, or oil content; protein, carbohydrate, or oil composition; plant stature and plant architecture).

The compositions and methods provided herein are utilized to control undesirable vegetation. Undesirable vegetation includes, but is not limited to, undesirable vegetation that occurs in rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights-of-way (ROW).

In some embodiments, the methods provided herein are utilized to control undesirable vegetation in rice. In certain embodiments, the undesirable vegetation is Brachiaria platyphylla (Groseb.) Nash or Urochloa platyphylla (Nash) R. D. Webster (broadleaf signalgrass, BRAPP), Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. (large crabgrass, DIGSA), Echinochloa species (ECHSS), Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. (barnyardgrass, ECHCG), Echinochloa crus-pavonis (Kunth) Schuh. (gulf cockspur, ECHCV), Echinochloa colonum (L.) LINK (junglerice, ECHCO), Echinochloa oryzoides (Ard.) Fritsch (early watergrass, ECHOR), Echinochloa oryzicola (Vasinger) Vasinger (late watergrass, ECHPH), Echinochloa phyllopogon (Stapf) Koso-Pol. (rice barnyardgrass, ECHPH), Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth) Hitchc. (creeping river grass, ECHPO), Ischaemum rugosum Salisb. (saramollagrass, ISCRU), Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees (Chinese sprangletop, LEFCH), Leptochloa fascicularis (Lam.) Gray (bearded sprangletop, LEFFA), Leptochloa panicoides (Presl.) Hitchc. (Amazon sprangletop, LEFPA), Oryza species (red and weedy rice, ORYSS), Panicum dichotomiflorum (L.) Michx. (fall panicum, PANDI), Paspalum dilatatum Poir. (dallisgrass, PASDI), Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W. D. Clayton (itchgrass, ROOEX), Cyperus species (CYPSS), Cyperus difformis L. (smallflower flatsedge, CYPDI), Cyperus dubius Rottb. (MAPDU), Cyperus esculentus L. (yellow nutsedge, CYPES), Cyperus iria L. (rice flatsedge, CYPIR), Cyperus rotundus L. (purple nutsedge, CYPRO), Cyperus serotinus Rottb./C. B. Clarke (tidalmarsh flatsedge, CYPSE), Eleocharis species (ELOSS), Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl (globe fringerush, FIMMI), Schoenoplectus species (SCPSS), Schoenoplectus juncoides Roxb. (Japanese bulrush, SCPJU), Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla or Schoenoplectus maritimus L. Lye (sea clubrush, SCPMA), Schoenoplectus mucronatus L. (ricefield bulrush, SCPMU), Aeschynomene species, (jointvetch, AESSS), Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. (alligatorweed, ALRPH), Alisma plantago-aquatica L. (common waterplantain, ALSPA), Amaranthus species, (pigweeds and amaranths, AMASS), Ammannia coccinea Rottb. (redstem, AMMCO), Commelina benghalensis L. (Benghal dayflower, COMBE), Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. (American false daisy, ECLAL), Heteranthera limosa (SW.) Willd./Vahl (ducksalad, HETLI), Heteranthera reniformis R. & P. (roundleaf mudplantain, HETRE), Ipomoea species (morningglories, IPOSS), Ipomoea hederacea (L.) Jacq. (ivyleaf morningglory, IPOHE), Lindernia dubia (L.) Pennell (low false pimpernel, LIDDU), Ludwigia species (LUDSS), Ludwigia linifolia Poir. (southeastern primrose-willow, LUDLI), Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) Raven (longfruited primrose-willow, LUDOC), Monochoria korsakowii Regel & Maack (monochoria, MOOKA), Monochoria vaginalis (Burm. F.) C. Presl ex Kuhth, (monochoria, MOOVA), Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan (doveweed, MUDNU), Polygonum pensylvanicum L., (Pennsylvania smartweed, POLPY), Polygonum persicaria L. (ladysthumb, POLPE), Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. (POLHP, mild smartweed), Rotala indica (Willd.) Koehne (Indian toothcup, ROTIN), Sagittaria species, (arrowhead, SAGSS), Sesbania exaltata (Raf.) Cory/Rydb. Ex Hill (hemp sesbania, SEBEX), or Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn. (gooseweed, SPDZE).

In some embodiments, the methods provided herein are utilized to control undesirable vegetation in cereals. In certain embodiments, the undesirable vegetation is Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. (blackgrass, ALOMY), Apera spica-venti (L.) Beauv. (windgrass, APESV), Avena fatua L. (wild oat, AVEFA), Bromus tectorum L. (downy brome, BROTE), Lolium multiflorum Lam. (Italian ryegrass, LOLMU), Phalaris minor Retz. (littleseed canarygrass, PHAMI), Poa annua L. (annual bluegrass, POANN), Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roemer & J. A. Schultes (yellow foxtail, SETLU), Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv. (green foxtail, SETVI), Amaranthus retroflexus L. (redroot pigweed, AMARE), Brassica species (BRSSS), Chenopodium album L. (common lambsquarters, CHEAL), Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Canada thistle, CIRAR), Galium aparine L. (catchweed bedstraw, GALAP), Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad. (kochia, KCHSC), Lamium purpureum L. (purple deadnettle, LAMPU), Matricaria recutita L. (wild chamomile, MATCH), Matricaria matricarioides (Less.) Porter (pineappleweed, MATMT), Papaver rhoeas L. (common poppy, PAPRH), Polygonum convolvulus L. (wild buckwheat, POLCO), Salsola tragus L. (Russian thistle, SASKR), Sinapis species (SINSS), Sinapis arvensis L. (wild mustard, SINAR), Stellaria media (L.) Vill. (common chickweed, STEME), Veronica persica Poir. (Persian speedwell, VERPE), Viola arvensis Murr. (field violet, VIOAR), or Viola tricolor L. (wild violet, VIOTR).

In some embodiments, the methods provided herein are utilized to control undesirable vegetation in range and pasture, fallowland, IVM and ROW. In certain embodiments, the undesirable vegetation is Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (common ragweed, AMBEL), Cassia obtusifolia (sickle pod, CASOB), Centaurea maculosa auct. non Lam. (spotted knapweed, CENMA), Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Canada thistle, CIRAR), Convolvulus arvensis L. (field bindweed, CONAR), Daucus carota L. (wild carrot, DAUCA), Euphorbia esula L. (leafy spurge, EPHES), Lactuca serriola L./Torn. (prickly lettuce, LACSE), Plantago lanceolata L. (buckhorn plantain, PLALA), Rumex obtusifolius L. (broadleaf dock, RUMOB), Sida spinosa L. (prickly sida, SIDSP), Sinapis arvensis L. (wild mustard, SINAR), Sonchus arvensis L. (perennial sowthistle, SONAR), Solidago species (goldenrod, SOOSS), Taraxacum officinale G. H. Weber ex Wiggers (dandelion, TAROF), Trifolium repens L. (white clover, TRFRE), or Urtica dioica L. (common nettle, URTDI).

In some embodiments, the methods provided herein are utilized to control undesirable vegetation found in row crops, tree and vine crops, and perennial crops. In certain embodiments, the undesirable vegetation is Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. (blackgrass, ALOMY), Avena fatua L. (wild oat, AVEFA), Brachiaria decumbens Stapf. or Urochloa decumbens (Stapf) R. D. Webster (Surinam grass, BRADC), Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf. or Urochloa brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) R. D. (beard grass, BRABR), Brachiaria platyphylla (Groseb.) Nash or Urochloa platyphylla (Nash) R. D. Webster (broadleaf signalgrass, BRAPP), Brachiaria plantaginea (Link) Hitchc. or Urochloa plantaginea (Link) R. D. Webster (alexandergrass, BRAPL), Cenchrus echinatus L. (southern sandbar, CENEC), Digitaria horizontalis Willd. (Jamaican crabgrass, DIGHO), Digitaria insularis (L.) Mez ex Ekman (sourgrass, TRCIN), Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. (large crabgrass, DIGSA), Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. (barnyardgrass, ECHCG), Echinochloa colonum (L.) Link (junglerice, ECHCO), Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. (goosegrass, ELEIN), Lolium multiflorum Lam. (Italian ryegrass, LOLMU), Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx. (fall panicum, PANDI), Panicum miliaceum L. (wild-proso millet, PANMI), Setaria faberi Herrm. (giant foxtail, SETFA), Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv. (green foxtail, SETVI), Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. (Johnsongrass, SORHA), Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. Arundinaceum (shattercane, SORVU), Cyperus esculentus L. (yellow nutsedge, CYPES), Cyperus rotundus L. (purple nutsedge, CYPRO), Abutilon theophrasti Medik. (velvetleaf, ABUTH), Amaranthus species (pigweeds and amaranths, AMASS), Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (common ragweed, AMBEL), Ambrosia psilostachya DC. (western ragweed, AMBPS), Ambrosia trifida L. (giant ragweed, AMBTR), Anoda cristata (L.) Schlecht. (spurred anoda, ANVCR), Asclepias syriaca L. (common milkweed, ASCSY), Bidens pilosa L. (hairy beggarticks, BIDPI), Borreria species (BOISS), Borreria alata (Aubl.) DC. or Spermacoce alata Aubl. (broadleaf buttonweed, BOILF), Spermacose latifolia (broadleaved button weed, BOILF), Chenopodium album L. (common lambsquarters, CHEAL), Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Canada thistle, CIRAR), Commelina benghalensis L. (tropical spiderwort, COMBE), Datura stramonium L. (jimsonweed, DATST), Daucus carota L. (wild carrot, DAUCA), Euphorbia heterophylla L. (wild poinsettia, EPHHL), Euphorbia hirta L. or Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp. (garden spurge, EPHHI), Euphorbia dentata Michx. (toothed spurge, EPHDE), Erigeron bonariensis L. or Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronq. (hairy fleabane, ERIBO), Erigeron canadensis L. or Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq. (Canadian fleabane, ERICA), Conyza sumatrensis (Retz.) E. H. Walker (tall fleabane, ERIFL), Helianthus annuus L. (common sunflower, HELAN), Jacquemontia tamnifolia (L.) Griseb. (smallflower morningglory, IAQTA), Ipomoea hederacea (L.) Jacq. (ivyleaf morningglory, IPOHE), Ipomoea lacunosa L. (white morningglory, IPOLA), Lactuca serriola L./Torn. (prickly lettuce, LACSE), Portulaca oleracea L. (common purslane, POROL), Richardia species (pusley, RCHSS), Sida species (sida, SIDSS), Sida spinosa L. (prickly sida, SIDSP), Sinapis arvensis L. (wild mustard, SINAR), Solanum ptychanthum Dunal (eastern black nightshade, SOLPT), Tridax procumbens L. (coat buttons, TRQPR), or Xanthium strumarium L. (common cocklebur, XANST).

In some embodiments, the methods provided herein are utilized to control undesirable vegetation in turf. In certain embodiments, the undesirable vegetation is Bellis perennis L. (English daisy, BELPE), Cyperus esculentus L. (yellow nutsedge, CYPES), Cyperus species (CYPSS), Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. (large crabgrass, DIGSA), Diodia virginiana L. (Virginia buttonweed, DIQVI), Euphorbia species (spurges, EPHSS), Glechoma hederacea L. (ground ivy, GLEHE), Hydrocotyle umbellata L. (dollarweed, HYDUM), Kylling a species (kylling a, KYLSS), Lamium amplexicaule L. (henbit, LAMAM), Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan (doveweed, MUDNU), Oxalis species (woodsorrel, OXASS), Plantago major L. (broadleaf plantain, PLAMA), Plantago lanceolata L. (buckhorn/narrowleaf plantain, PLALA), Phyllanthus urinaria L. (chamberbitter, PYLTE), Rumex obtusifolius L. (broadleaf dock, RUMOB), Stachys floridana Shuttlew. (Florida betony, STAFL), Stellaria media (L.) Vill. (common chickweed, STEME), Taraxacum officinale G. H. Weber ex Wiggers (dandelion, TAROF), Trifolium repens L. (white clover, TRFRE), or Viola species (wild violet, VIOSS).

In some embodiments, the compositions and methods provided herein are utilized to control undesirable vegetation consisting of grass, broadleaf and sedge weeds. In certain embodiments, the compositions and methods provided herein are utilized to control undesirable vegetation including Brachiaria or Urochloa, Cyperus, Digitaria, Echinochloa, Fimbristylis, Ipomoea, Leptochloa and Schoenoplectus/Bolboschoenus.

In some embodiments, the combination of compound (I) or agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and chlorflurenol, diflufenzopyr, flurenol and naptalam, or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof is used to control Brachiaria platyphylla (Griseb.) Nash or Urochloa platyphylla (Nash) R. D. Webster (broadleaf signalgrass, BRAPP), Cyperus iria L. (rice flatsedge, CYPIR), Cyperus rotundus L. (purple nutsedge, CYPRO), Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. (large crabgrass, DIGSA), Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv. (barnyardgrass, ECHCG), Echinochloa colona (L.) Link (junglerice, ECHCO), Echinochloa oryzoides (Ard.) Fritsch (early watergrass, ECHOR), Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl (globe fringerush, FIMMI), Ipomoea hederacea Jacq. (ivyleaf morningglory, IPOHE), Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees (Chinese sprangletop, LEFCH) and Schoenoplectus maritimus (L.) Lye or Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla (sea clubrush, SCPMA).

The compounds of formula I or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof may be used to control herbicide resistant or tolerant weeds. The methods employing the combination of a compound of formula I or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and the compositions described herein may also be employed to control herbicide resistant or tolerant weeds. Exemplary resistant or tolerant weeds include, but are not limited to, biotypes resistant or tolerant to acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) inhibitors (e.g., imidazolinones, sulfonylureas, pyrimidinylthiobenzoates, triazolopyrimidines, sulfonylaminocarbonyltriazolinones), photosystem II inhibitors (e.g., phenylcarbamates, pyridazinones, triazines, triazinones, uracils, amides, ureas, benzothiadiazinones, nitriles, phenylpyridazines), acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors (e.g., aryloxyphenoxypropionates, cyclohexanediones, phenylpyrazolines), synthetic auxins (e.g., benzoic acids, phenoxycarboxylic acids, pyridine carboxylic acids, quinoline carboxylic acids), auxin transport inhibitors (e.g., phthalamates, semicarbazones), photosystem I inhibitors (e.g., bipyridyliums), 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase inhibitors (e.g., glyphosate), glutamine synthetase inhibitors (e.g., glufosinate, bialafos), microtubule assembly inhibitors (e.g., benzamides, benzoic acids, dinitroanilines, phosphoramidates, pyridines), mitosis inhibitors (e.g., carbamates), very long chain fatty acid (VLCFA) inhibitors (e.g., acetamides, chloroacetamides, oxyacetamides, tetrazolinones), fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis inhibitors (e.g., phosphorodithioates, thiocarbamates, benzofuranes, chlorocarbonic acids), protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitors (e.g., diphenylethers, N-phenylphthalimides, oxadiazoles, oxazolidinediones, phenylpyrazoles, pyrimidindiones, thiadiazoles, triazolinones), carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors (e.g., clomazone, amitrole, aclonifen), phytoene desaturase (PDS) inhibitors (e.g., amides, anilidex, furanones, phenoxybutan-amides, pyridiazinones, pyridines), 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate-dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors (e.g., callistemones, isoxazoles, pyrazoles, triketones), cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors (e.g., nitriles, benzamides, quinclorac, triazolocarboxamides), herbicides with multiple modes-of-action such as quinclorac, and unclassified herbicides such as arylaminopropionic acids, difenzoquat, endothall, and organoarsenicals. Exemplary resistant or tolerant weeds include, but are not limited to, biotypes with resistance or tolerance to multiple herbicides, biotypes with resistance or tolerance to multiple chemical classes, biotypes with resistance or tolerance to multiple herbicide modes-of-action, and biotypes with multiple resistance or tolerance mechanisms (e.g., target site resistance or metabolic resistance).

In certain embodiments of the compositions and methods described herein, the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof is used in combination with chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester. With regard to the compositions, in some embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester is within the range from about 1:1680 to about 4.4:1. In certain embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester is within the range from 1:63 to about 1:4. In certain embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester is within the range from about 1:250 to about 1:4. In certain embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester is within the range from about 1:125 to about 1:7.8. In certain embodiments, the compositions provided herein comprise the compound of formula (I) or its benzyl ester and chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester. In one embodiment, the composition comprises the compound of formula (I) and chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester, wherein the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) to chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester is about 1:63 to about 1:7.8. In one embodiment, the composition comprises the benzyl ester of the compound of formula (I) and chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester, wherein the weight ratio of the benzyl ester of the compound of formula (I) to chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester is about 1:125 to about 1:7.8. With respect to the methods, in certain embodiments, the methods comprise contacting the undesirable vegetation or locus thereof or applying to the soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation a composition described herein. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate from about 70 grams active ingredient per hectare (gai/ha) to about 3360 gai/ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In certain embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate from about 72 grams active ingredient per hectare (gai/ha) to about 300 gai/ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In some embodiments, the methods comprise contacting the undesirable vegetation or locus thereof or applying to the soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation with a compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof and chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester, e.g., sequentially or simultaneously. In some embodiments, the chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other esteris applied at a rate from about 280 gai/ha to about 3360 gai/ha and the compound of formula (I) of salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 2 gae/ha to about 300 gae/ha. In some embodiments, the chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester is applied at a rate from about 35 gai/ha to about 1100 gai/ha and the compound of formula (I) of salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 2 g acid equivalent per hectare (gae/ha) to about 70 gae/ha. In some embodiments, the chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester is applied at a rate from about 68.75 gai/ha to about 550 gai/ha and the compound of formula (I) of salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 4.38 g acid equivalent per hectare (gae/ha) to about 35 gae/ha. In certain embodiments, the methods utilize the compound of formula (I), or its benzyl ester and chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester. In one embodiment, the methods utilize the compound of formula (I) and chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester, wherein the compound of formula (I) is applied at a rate from about 4.38 g acid equivalent per hectare (gae/ha) to about 35 gae/ha, and chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester is applied at a rate of about 68.8 gai/ha to about 550 gai/ha. In one embodiment, the methods utilize the benzyl ester of the compound of formula (I) and chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester, wherein the benzyl ester of the compound of formula (I) is applied at a rate from about 4.38 g acid equivalent per hectare (gae/ha) to about 17.5 gae/ha, and chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester is applied at a rate of about 68.75 gai/ha to about 550 gai/ha. In certain embodiments, the methods and compositions utilizing the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof in combination with chlorflurenol-methyl or carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt thereof or other ester are used to control ECCHG, ECHCO, CYPIR, LEFCH, IPOHE, DIGSA, ECHOR, or SCPMA.

In certain embodiments of the compositions and methods described herein, the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof is used in combination with diflufenzopyr, diflufenzopyr sodium, or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof. With regard to the compositions, in some embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to diflufenzopyr, diflufenzopyr sodium, salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is within the range from about 1:18 to about 86:1. In certain embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to diflufenzopyr, diflufenzopyr sodium or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is within the range from 1:8 to about 2:1. In certain embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is within the range from about 1:14 to about 4:1. In certain embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is within the range from about 1:7 to about 2:1. In certain embodiments, the compositions provided herein comprise the compound of formula (I) or its benzyl ester and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof. In one embodiment, the composition comprises the compound of formula (I) and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof, wherein the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) to diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is about 1:7 to about 2:1. In one embodiment, the composition comprises the benzyl ester of the compound of formula (I) and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof, wherein the weight ratio of the benzyl ester of the compound of formula (I) to diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is about 1:4 to about 2:1. With respect to the methods, in certain embodiments, the methods comprise contacting the undesirable vegetation or locus thereof or applying to the soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation a composition described herein. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate from about 5 grams active ingredient per hectare (gai/ha) to about 335 gai/ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In certain embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate from about 12 grams active ingredient per hectare (gai/ha) to about 60 gai/ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In some embodiments, the methods comprise contacting the undesirable vegetation or locus thereof or applying to the soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation with a compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof, e.g., sequentially or simultaneously. In some embodiments, the diflufenzopyr or salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 3.5 gai/ha to about 35 gai/ha and the compound of formula (I) of salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 2 gae/ha to about 300 gae/ha. In some embodiments, the diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 4 gai/ha to about 70 gai/ha and the compound of formula (I) of salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 2 g acid equivalent per hectare (gae/ha) to about 35 gae/ha. In some embodiments, the diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 8.75 gai/ha to about 35 gai/ha and the compound of formula (I) of salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 4.38 g acid equivalent per hectare (gae/ha) to about 17.5 gae/ha. In certain embodiments, the methods utilize the compound of formula (I), or its benzyl ester and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof. In one embodiment, the methods utilize the compound of formula (I) and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof, wherein the compound of formula (I) is applied at a rate from about 4.38 g acid equivalent per hectare (gae/ha) to about 17.5 gae/ha, and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is applied at a rate of about 8.75 gai/ha to about 35 gai/ha. In one embodiment, the methods utilize the benzyl ester of the compound of formula (I) and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof, wherein the benzyl ester of the compound of formula (I) is applied at a rate from about 4.38 g acid equivalent per hectare (gae/ha) to about 17.5 gae/ha, and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is applied at a rate of about 8.75 gai/ha to about 35 gai/ha. In certain embodiments, the methods and compositions utilizing the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof in combination with diflufenzopyr, diflufenzopyr sodium, or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof or salt or ester thereof are used to control BRAPP, CYPRO, ECHCG, ECHCO, LEFCH, DIGSA, or IPOHE.

In certain embodiments of the compositions and methods described herein, the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof is used in combination with diflufenzopyr, diflufenzopyr sodium, or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof. With regard to the compositions, in some embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to diflufenzopyr, diflufenzopyr sodium, salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is within the range from about 1:18 to about 86:1. In certain embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to diflufenzopyr, diflufenzopyr sodium or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is within the range from 1:8 to about 2:1. In certain embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is within the range from about 1:14 to about 4:1. In certain embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is within the range from about 1:7 to about 2:1. In certain embodiments, the compositions provided herein comprise the compound of formula (I) or its benzyl ester and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof. In one embodiment, the composition comprises the compound of formula (I) and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof, wherein the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) to diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is about 1:7 to about 2:1. In one embodiment, the composition comprises the benzyl ester of the compound of formula (I) and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof, wherein the weight ratio of the benzyl ester of the compound of formula (I) to diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is about 1:4 to about 2:1. In one embodiment, the composition comprises the benzyl ester of the compound of formula (I) and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof, wherein the weight ratio of the benzyl ester of the compound of formula (I) to diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is about 1:16 to about 4:1. With respect to the methods, in certain embodiments, the methods comprise contacting the undesirable vegetation or locus thereof or applying to the soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation a composition described herein. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate from about 5 grams active ingredient per hectare (gai/ha) to about 335 gai/ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In certain embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate from about 12 grams active ingredient per hectare (gai/ha) to about 60 gai/ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In certain embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate from about 12 grams active ingredient per hectare (gai/ha) to about 102 gai/ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In some embodiments, the methods comprise contacting the undesirable vegetation or locus thereof or applying to the soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation with a compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof, e.g., sequentially or simultaneously. In some embodiments, the diflufenzopyr or salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 3.5 gai/ha to about 35 gai/ha and the compound of formula (I) of salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 2 gae/ha to about 300 gae/ha. In some embodiments, the diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 4 gai/ha to about 70 gai/ha and the compound of formula (I) of salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 2 g acid equivalent per hectare (gae/ha) to about 35 gae/ha. In some embodiments, the diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 8.75 gai/ha to about 35 gai/ha and the compound of formula (I) of salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 4.38 g acid equivalent per hectare (gae/ha) to about 17.5 gae/ha. In some embodiments, the diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 8.75 gai/ha to about 70 gai/ha and the compound of formula (I) of salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 4.38 g acid equivalent per hectare (gae/ha) to about 32 gae/ha. In certain embodiments, the methods utilize the compound of formula (I), or its benzyl ester and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof. In one embodiment, the methods utilize the compound of formula (I) and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof, wherein the compound of formula (I) is applied at a rate from about 4.38 g acid equivalent per hectare (gae/ha) to about 17.5 gae/ha, and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is applied at a rate of about 8.75 gai/ha to about 35 gai/ha. In one embodiment, the methods utilize the compound of formula (I) and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof, wherein the compound of formula (I) is applied at a rate from about 4.38 g acid equivalent per hectare (gae/ha) to about 32 gae/ha, and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is applied at a rate of about 8.75 gai/ha to about 70 gai/ha. In one embodiment, the methods utilize the benzyl ester of the compound of formula (I) and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof, wherein the benzyl ester of the compound of formula (I) is applied at a rate from about 4.38 g acid equivalent per hectare (gae/ha) to about 17.5 gae/ha, and diflufenzopyr or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof is applied at a rate of about 8.75 gai/ha to about 35 gai/ha. In certain embodiments, the methods and compositions utilizing the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof in combination with diflufenzopyr, diflufenzopyr sodium, or salt, carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or ester thereof or salt or ester thereof are used to control BRAPP, CYPRO, ECHCG, ECHCO, LEFCH, DIGSA, or IPOHE.

In certain embodiments of the compositions and methods described herein, the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof is used in combination flurenol, flurenol-methyl or carboxylate salt or ester thereof. With regard to the compositions, in some embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to flurenol or carboxylate salt or ester thereof is within the range from about 1:1680 to about 4.4:1. In certain embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to flurenol or carboxylate salt or ester thereof is within the range from 1:63 to about 1:4. In certain embodiments, the compositions comprise the compound of formula (I) or its benzyl or n-butyl ester and flurenol or carboxylate salt or ester thereof. With respect to the methods, in certain embodiments, the methods comprise contacting the undesirable vegetation or locus thereof or applying to the soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation a composition described herein. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate from about 70 grams active ingredient per hectare (gai/ha) to about 3360 gai/ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In certain embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate from about 72 grams active ingredient per hectare (gai/ha) to about 300 gai/ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In some embodiments, the methods comprise contacting the undesirable vegetation or locus thereof or applying to the soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation with a compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof and flurenol or carboxylate salt or ester thereof, e.g., sequentially or simultaneously. In some embodiments, the flurenol or carboxylate salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 280 gai/ha to about 3360 gai/ha and the compound of formula (I) of salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 2 gae/ha to about 300 gae/ha. In certain embodiments, the methods utilize the compound of formula (I) or its benzyl or n-butyl ester and flurenol or carboxylate salt or ester thereof are used to control BRAPP, ECHCG, CYPIR, CYPRO, or FIMMI.

In certain embodiments of the compositions and methods described herein, the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof is used in combination with naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof. With regard to the compositions, in some embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof is within the range from about 1:2250 to about 4.2:1. In certain embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof is within the range from 1:250 to about 1:2. In certain embodiments, the compositions comprise the compound of formula (I) or its benzyl or n-butyl ester and naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof. With respect to the methods, in certain embodiments, the methods comprise contacting the undesirable vegetation or locus thereof or applying to the soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation a composition described herein. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate from about 142 grams active ingredient per hectare (gai/ha) to about 4,800 gai/ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In certain embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate from about 145 grams acid equivalent per hectare (gai/ha) to about 1,170 gai/ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In some embodiments, the methods comprise contacting the undesirable vegetation or locus thereof or applying to the soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation with a compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof and naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof, e.g., sequentially or simultaneously. In some embodiments, the naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 140 gai/ha to about 4,500 gai/ha and the compound of formula (I) of salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 2 gae/ha to about 300 gae/ha. In certain embodiments, the methods utilize the compound of formula (I) or its benzyl or n-butyl ester and naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof are used to control BRAPP, CYPRO, ECHCG ECHOR or FIMMI.

In certain embodiments of the compositions and methods described herein, the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof is used in combination with naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof. With regard to the compositions, in some embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof is within the range from about 1:2250 to about 4.2:1. In certain embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof is within the range from 1:165 to about 1:1. In certain embodiments, the weight ratio of the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof to naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof is within the range from 1:250 to about 1:2. In certain embodiments, the compositions comprise the compound of formula (I) or its benzyl or n-butyl ester and naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof. With respect to the methods, in certain embodiments, the methods comprise contacting the undesirable vegetation or locus thereof or applying to the soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation a composition described herein. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate from about 142 grams active ingredient per hectare (gai/ha) to about 4,800 gai/ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In certain embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate from about 145 grams acid equivalent per hectare (gai/ha) to about 1,170 gai/ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In certain embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate from about 38 grams acid equivalent per hectare (gai/ha) to about 1,352 gai/ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In some embodiments, the methods comprise contacting the undesirable vegetation or locus thereof or applying to the soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation with a compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof and naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof, e.g., sequentially or simultaneously. In some embodiments, the naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 140 gai/ha to about 4,500 gai/ha and the compound of formula (I) of salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 2 gae/ha to about 300 gae/ha. In some embodiments, the naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 30 gai/ha to about 1,320 gai/ha and the compound of formula (I) of salt or ester thereof is applied at a rate from about 8 gae/ha to about 32 gae/ha. In certain embodiments, the methods utilize the compound of formula (I) or its benzyl or n-butyl ester and naptalam or salt or carboxylate salt or ester thereof are used to control BRAPP, CYPRO, ECHCG ECHOR or FIMMI.

The components of the mixtures described herein can be applied either separately or as part of a multipart herbicidal system.

The mixtures described herein can be applied in conjunction with one or more other herbicides to control a wider variety of undesirable vegetation. When used in conjunction with other herbicides, the composition can be formulated with the other herbicide or herbicides, tank mixed with the other herbicide or herbicides or applied sequentially with the other herbicide or herbicides. Some of the herbicides that can be employed in conjunction with the compositions and methods described herein include, but are not limited to: 4-CPA; 4-CPB; 4-CPP; 2,4-D; 2,4-D choline salt, 2,4-D esters and amines, 2,4-DB; 3,4-DA; 3,4-DB; 2,4-DEB; 2,4-DEP; 3,4-DP; 2,3,6-TBA; 2,4,5-T; 2,4,5-TB; acetochlor, acifluorfen, aclonifen, acrolein, alachlor, allidochlor, alloxydim, allyl alcohol, alorac, ametridione, ametryn, amibuzin, amicarbazone, amidosulfuron, aminocyclopyrachlor, aminopyralid, amiprofos-methyl, amitrole, ammonium sulfamate, anilofos, anisuron, asulam, atraton, atrazine, azafenidin, azimsulfuron, aziprotryne, barban, BCPC, beflubutamid, benazolin, bencarbazone, benfluralin, benfuresate, bensulfuron-methyl, bensulide, benthiocarb, bentazon-sodium, benzadox, benzfendizone, benzipram, benzobicyclon, benzofenap, benzofluor, benzoylprop, benzthiazuron, bialaphos, bicyclopyrone, bifenox, bilanafos, bispyribac-sodium, borax, bromacil, bromobonil, bromobutide, bromofenoxim, bromoxynil, brompyrazon, butachlor, butafenacil, butamifos, butenachlor, buthidazole, buthiuron, butralin, butroxydim, buturon, butylate, cacodylic acid, cafenstrole, calcium chlorate, calcium cyanamide, cambendichlor, carbasulam, carbetamide, carboxazole chlorprocarb, carfentrazone-ethyl, CDEA, CEPC, chlomethoxyfen, chloramben, chloranocryl, chlorazifop, chlorazine, chlorbromuron, chlorbufam, chloreturon, chlorfenac, chlorfenprop, chlorflurazole, chloridazon, chlorimuron, chlornitrofen, chloropon, chlorotoluron, chloroxuron, chloroxynil, chlorpropham, chlorsulfuron, chlorthal, chlorthiamid, cinidon-ethyl, cinmethylin, cinosulfuron, cisanilide, clethodim, cliodinate, clodinafop-propargyl, clofop, clomazone, clomeprop, cloprop, cloproxydim, clopyralid, cloransulam-methyl, CMA, copper sulfate, CPMF, CPPC, credazine, cresol, cumyluron, cyanatryn, cyanazine, cycloate, cyclopyrimorate, cyclosulfamuron, cycloxydim, cycluron, cyhalofop-butyl, cyperquat, cyprazine, cyprazole, cypromid, daimuron, dalapon, dazomet, delachlor, desmedipham, desmetryn, di-allate, dicamba, dichlobenil, dichloralurea, dichlormate, dichlorprop, dichlorprop-P, diclofop-methyl, diclosulam, diethamquat, diethatyl, difenopenten, difenoxuron, difenzoquat, diflufenican, dimefuron, dimepiperate, dimethachlor, dimethametryn, dimethenamid, dimethenamid-P, dimexano, dimidazon, dinitramine, dinofenate, dinoprop, dinosam, dinoseb, dinoterb, diphenamid, dipropetryn, diquat, disul, dithiopyr, diuron, DMPA, DNOC, DSMA, EBEP, eglinazine, endothal, epronaz, EPTC, erbon, esprocarb, ethalfluralin, ethbenzamide, ethametsulfuron, ethidimuron, ethiolate, ethobenzamid, etobenzamid, ethofumesate, ethoxyfen, ethoxysulfuron, etinofen, etnipromid, etobenzanid, EXD, fenasulam, fenoprop, fenoxaprop, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl+isoxadifen-ethyl, fenoxasulfone, fenteracol, fenthiaprop, fentrazamide, fenuron, ferrous sulfate, flamprop, flamprop-M, flazasulfuron, florasulam, fluazifop, fluazifop-P-butyl, fluazolate, flucarbazone, flucetosulfuron, fluchloralin, flufenacet, flufenican, flufenpyr-ethyl, flumetsulam, flumezin, flumiclorac-pentyl, flumioxazin, flumipropyn, fluometuron, fluorodifen, fluoroglycofen, fluoromidine, fluoronitrofen, fluothiuron, flupoxam, flupropacil, flupropanate, flupyrsulfuron, fluridone, fluorochloridone, fluoroxypyr, fluoroxypyr-meptyl, flurtamone, fluthiacet, fomesafen, foramsulfuron, fosamine, fumiclorac, furyloxyfen, glufosinate, glufosinate-ammonium, glufosinate-P-ammonium, glyphosate salts and esters, halauxifen, halauxifen-methyl, halosafen, halosulfuron-methyl, haloxydine, haloxyfop-methyl, haloxyfop-P-methyl, hexachloroacetone, hexaflurate, hexazinone, imazamethabenz, imazamox, imazapic, imazapyr, imazaquin, imazosulfuron, imazethapyr, indanofan, indaziflam, iodobonil, iodomethane, iodosulfuron, iodosulfuron-ethyl-sodium, iofensulfuron, ioxynil, ipazine, ipfencarbazone, iprymidam, isocarbamid, isocil, isomethiozin, isonoruron, isopolinate, isopropalin, isoproturon, isouron, isoxaben, isoxachlortole, isoxaflutole, isoxapyrifop, karbutilate, ketospiradox, lactofen, lenacil, linuron, MAA, MAMA, MCPA esters and amines, MCPA-thioethyl, MCPB, mecoprop, mecoprop-P, medinoterb, mefenacet, mefluidide, mesoprazine, mesosulfuron, mesotrione, metam, metamifop, metamitron, metazachlor, metazosulfuron, metflurazon, methabenzthiazuron, methalpropalin, methazole, methiobencarb, methiozolin, methiuron, methometon, methoprotryne, methyl bromide, methyl isothiocyanate, methyldymron, metobenzuron, metobromuron, metolachlor, metosulam, metoxuron, metribuzin, metsulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl, molinate, monalide, monisouron, monochloroacetic acid, monolinuron, monuron, morfamquat, MSMA, naproanilide, napropamide, neburon, nicosulfuron, nipyraclofen, nitralin, nitrofen, nitrofluorfen, norflurazon, noruron, OCH, orbencarb, ortho-dichlorobenzene, orthosulfamuron, oryzalin, oxadiargyl, oxadiazon, oxapyrazon, oxasulfuron, oxaziclomefone, oxyfluorfen, paraflufen-ethyl, parafluoron, paraquat, pebulate, pelargonic acid, pendimethalin, penoxsulam, pentachlorophenol, pentanochlor, pentoxazone, perfluidone, pethoxamid, phenisopham, phenmedipham, phenmedipham-ethyl, phenobenzuron, phenylmercury acetate, picloram, picolinafen, pinoxaden, piperophos, potassium arsenite, potassium azide, potassium cyanate, pretilachlor, primisulfuron-methyl, procyazine, prodiamine, profluazol, profluralin, profoxydim, proglinazine, prohexadione-calcium, prometon, prometryn, pronamide, propachlor, propanil, propaquizafop, propazine, propham, propisochlor, propoxycarbazone, propyrisulfuron, propyzamide, prosulfalin, prosulfocarb, prosulfuron, proxan, prynachlor, pydanon, pyraclonil, pyraflufen-ethyl, pyrasulfotole, pyrazogyl, pyrazolynate, pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, pyrazoxyfen, pyribenzoxim, pyributicarb, pyriclor, pyridafol, pyridate, pyriftalid, pyriminobac, pyrimisulfan, pyrithiobac-sodium, pyroxasulfone, pyroxsulam, quinclorac, quinmerac, quinoclamine, quinonamid, quizalofop, quizalofop-P-ethyl, rhodethanil, rimsulfuron, saflufenacil, S-metolachlor, sebuthylazine, secbumeton, sethoxydim, siduron, simazine, simeton, simetryn, SMA, sodium arsenite, sodium azide, sodium chlorate, sulcotrione, sulfallate, sulfentrazone, sulfometuron, sulfosate, sulfosulfuron, sulfuric acid, sulglycapin, swep, SYN-523, TCA, tebutam, tebuthiuron, tefuryltrione, tembotrione, tepraloxydim, terbacil, terbucarb, terbuchlor, terbumeton, terbuthylazine, terbutryn, tetrafluoron, thenylchlor, thiazafluoron, thiazopyr, thidiazimin, thidiazuron, thiencarbazone-methyl, thifensulfuron, thifensulfurn-methyl, thiobencarb, tiocarbazil, tioclorim, topramezone, tralkoxydim, triafamone, tri-allate, triasulfuron, triaziflam, tribenuron, tribenuron-methyl, tricamba, triclopyr choline salt, triclopyr esters, amines, and salts, tridiphane, trietazine, trifloxysulfuron, trifluralin, triflusulfuron, trifop, trifopsime, trihydroxytriazine, trimeturon, tripropindan, tritac tritosulfuron, vernolate, xylachlor and salts, esters, optically active isomers and mixtures thereof.

The compositions and methods described herein, can further be used in conjunction with glyphosate, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase inhibitors, glufosinate, glutamine synthetase inhibitors, dicamba, phenoxy auxins, pyridyloxy auxins, synthetic auxins, auxin transport inhibitors, aryloxyphenoxypropionates, cyclohexanediones, phenylpyrazolines, acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors, imidazolinones, sulfonylureas, pyrimidinylthiobenzoates, triazolopyrimidines, sulfonylaminocarbonyltriazolinones, acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) inhibitors, 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors, phytoene desaturase inhibitors, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitors, cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors, mitosis inhibitors, microtubule inhibitors, very long chain fatty acid inhibitors, fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, photosystem I inhibitors, photosystem II inhibitors, triazines, and bromoxynil on glyphosate-tolerant, EPSP synthase inhibitor-tolerant, glufosinate-tolerant, glutamine synthetase inhibitor-tolerant, dicamba-tolerant, phenoxy auxin-tolerant, pyridyloxy auxin-tolerant, auxin-tolerant, auxin transport inhibitor-tolerant, aryloxyphenoxypropionate-tolerant, cyclohexanedione-tolerant, phenylpyrazoline-tolerant, ACCase-tolerant, imidazolinone-tolerant, sulfonylurea-tolerant, pyrimidinylthiobenzoate-tolerant, triazolopyrimidine-tolerant, sulfonylaminocarbonyltriazolinone-tolerant, ALS- or AHAS-tolerant, HPPD-tolerant, phytoene desaturase inhibitor-tolerant, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitor tolerant, PPO-tolerant, cellulose biosynthesis inhibitor-tolerant, mitosis inhibitor-tolerant, microtubule inhibitor-tolerant, very long chain fatty acid inhibitor-tolerant, fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis inhibitor-tolerant, photosystem I inhibitor-tolerant, photosystem II inhibitor-tolerant, triazine-tolerant, bromoxynil-tolerant, and crops possessing multiple or stacked traits conferring tolerance to multiple chemistries and/or multiple modes of action via single and/or multiple resistance mechanisms. In some embodiments, the compound of formula (I) or salt or ester thereof and complementary herbicide or salt or ester thereof are used in combination with herbicides that are selective for the crop being treated and which complement the spectrum of weeds controlled by these compounds at the application rate employed. In some embodiments, the compositions described herein and other complementary herbicides are applied at the same time, either as a combination formulation or as a tank mix.

In some embodiments, the compositions described herein are employed in combination with one or more herbicide safeners, such as AD-67 (MON 4660), benoxacor, benthiocarb, brassinolide, cloquintocet (mexyl), cyometrinil, daimuron, dichlormid, dicyclonon, dimepiperate, disulfoton, fenchlorazole-ethyl, fenclorim, flurazole, fluxofenim, furilazole, harpin proteins, isoxadifen-ethyl, jiecaowan, jiecaoxi, mefenpyr-diethyl, mephenate, naphthalic anhydride (NA), oxabetrinil, 829148 and N-phenyl-sulfonylbenzoic acid amides, to enhance their selectivity. In some embodiments, the safeners are employed in rice, cereal, corn, or maize settings. In some embodiments, the safener is cloquintocet or an ester or salt thereof. In certain embodiments, cloquintocet is utilized to antagonize harmful effects of the compositions on rice and cereals. In some embodiments, the safener is cloquintocet (mexyl).

In some embodiments, the compositions described herein are employed in combination with one or more plant growth regulators, such as 2,3,5-tri-iodobenzoic acid, IAA, IBA, naphthaleneacetamide, α-naphthaleneacetic acids, benzyladenine, 4-hydroxyphenethyl alcohol, kinetin, zeatin, endothal, ethephon, pentachlorophenol, thidiazuron, tribufos, aviglycine, ethephon, maleic hydrazide, gibberellins, gibberellic acid, abscisic acid, ancymidol, fosamine, glyphosine, isopyrimol, jasmonic acid, maleic hydrazide, mepiquat, 2,3,5-tri-iodobenzoic acid, morphactins, dichlorflurenol, flurprimidol, mefluidide, paclobutrazol, tetcyclacis, uniconazole, brassinolide, brassinolide-ethyl, cycloheximide, ethylene, methasulfocarb, prohexadione, triapenthenol and trinexapac.

In some embodiments, the plant growth regulators are employed in one or more crops or settings, such as rice, cereal crops, corn, maize, broadleaf crops, oilseed rape/canola, turf, pineapple, sugarcane, sunflower, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, plantation crops, vegetables, and non-crop (ornamentals) settings. In some embodiments, the plant growth regulator is mixed with the compound of formula (I), or mixed with the compound of formula (I) and auxin transport inhibitors to cause a preferentially advantageous effect on plants.

In some embodiments, compositions provided herein further comprise at least one agriculturally acceptable adjuvant or carrier. Suitable adjuvants or carriers should not be phytotoxic to valuable crops, particularly at the concentrations employed in applying the compositions for selective weed control in the presence of crops, and should not react chemically with herbicidal components or other composition ingredients. Such mixtures can be designed for application directly to weeds or their locus or can be concentrates or formulations that are normally diluted with additional carriers and adjuvants before application. They can be solids, such as, for example, dusts, granules, water-dispersible granules, or wettable powders, or liquids, such as, for example, emulsifiable concentrates, solutions, emulsions or suspensions. They can also be provided as a pre-mix or tank mixed.

Suitable agricultural adjuvants and carriers include, but are not limited to, crop oil concentrate; nonylphenol ethoxylate; benzylcocoalkyldimethyl quaternary ammonium salt; blend of petroleum hydrocarbon, alkyl esters, organic acid, and anionic surfactant; C₉-C₁₁ alkylpolyglycoside; phosphated alcohol ethoxylate; natural primary alcohol (C₁₂-C₁₆) ethoxylate; di-sec-butylphenol EO-PO block copolymer; polysiloxane-methyl cap; nonylphenol ethoxylate+urea ammonium nitrate; emulsified methylated seed oil; tridecyl alcohol (synthetic) ethoxylate (8EO); tallow amine ethoxylate (15 EO); PEG(400) dioleate-99.

Liquid carriers that can be employed include water and organic solvents. The organic solvents include, but are not limited to, petroleum fractions or hydrocarbons such as mineral oil, aromatic solvents, paraffinic oils, and the like; vegetable oils such as soybean oil, rapeseed oil, olive oil, castor oil, sunflower seed oil, coconut oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, linseed oil, palm oil, peanut oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, tung oil and the like; esters of the above vegetable oils; esters of monoalcohols or dihydric, trihydric, or other lower polyalcohols (4-6 hydroxy containing), such as 2-ethyl hexyl stearate, n-butyl oleate, isopropyl myristate, propylene glycol dioleate, di-octyl succinate, di-butyl adipate, di-octyl phthalate and the like; esters of mono, di and polycarboxylic acids and the like. Specific organic solvents include, but are not limited to toluene, xylene, petroleum naphtha, crop oil, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, cyclohexanone, trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, ethyl acetate, amyl acetate, butyl acetate, propylene glycol monomethyl ether and diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, amyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerine, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone, N,N-dimethyl alkylamides, dimethyl sulfoxide, liquid fertilizers and the like. In certain embodiments, Water is the carrier for the dilution of concentrates.

Suitable solid carriers include but are not limited to talc, pyrophyllite clay, silica, attapulgus clay, kaolin clay, kieselguhr, chalk, diatomaceous earth, lime, calcium carbonate, bentonite clay, Fuller's earth, cottonseed hulls, wheat flour, soybean flour, pumice, wood flour, walnut shell flour, lignin, cellulose, and the like.

In some embodiments, the compositions described herein further comprise one or more surface-active agents. In some embodiments, such surface-active agents are employed in both solid and liquid compositions, and in certain embodiments those designed to be diluted with carrier before application. The surface-active agents can be anionic, cationic or nonionic in character and can be employed as emulsifying agents, wetting agents, suspending agents, or for other purposes. Surfactants which may also be used in the present formulations are described, inter alia, in “McCutcheon's Detergents and Emulsifiers Annual,” MC Publishing Corp., Ridgewood, N.J., 1998 and in “Encyclopedia of Surfactants,” Vol. I-III, Chemical Publishing Co., New York, 1980-81. Surface-active agents include, but are not limited to salts of alkyl sulfates, such as diethanolammonium lauryl sulfate; alkylarylsulfonate salts, such as calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate; alkylphenol-alkylene oxide addition products, such as nonylphenol-C₁₈ ethoxylate; alcohol-alkylene oxide addition products, such as tridecyl alcohol-C₁₆ ethoxylate; soaps, such as sodium stearate; alkyl-naphthalene-sulfonate salts, such as sodium dibutylnaphthalenesulfonate; dialkyl esters of sulfosuccinate salts, such as sodium di(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate; sorbitol esters, such as sorbitol oleate; quaternary amines, such as lauryl trimethylammonium chloride; polyethylene glycol esters of fatty acids, such as polyethylene glycol stearate; block copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide; salts of mono and dialkyl phosphate esters; vegetable or seed oils such as soybean oil, rapeseed/canola oil, olive oil, castor oil, sunflower seed oil, coconut oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, linseed oil, palm oil, peanut oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, tung oil and the like; and esters of the above vegetable oils, and in certain embodiments, methyl esters.

In some embodiments, these materials, such as vegetable or seed oils and their esters, can be used interchangeably as an agricultural adjuvant, as a liquid carrier or as a surface active agent.

Other exemplary additives for use in the compositions provided herein include but are not limited to compatibilizing agents, antifoam agents, sequestering agents, neutralizing agents and buffers, corrosion inhibitors, dyes, odorants, spreading agents, penetration aids, sticking agents, dispersing agents, thickening agents, freezing point depressants, antimicrobial agents, and the like. The compositions may also contain other compatible components, for example, other herbicides, plant growth regulants, fungicides, insecticides, and the like and can be formulated with liquid fertilizers or solid, particulate fertilizer carriers such as ammonium nitrate, urea and the like.

In some embodiments, the concentration of the active ingredients in the compositions described herein is from about 0.0005 to 98 percent by weight. In some embodiments, the concentration is from about 0.0006 to 90 percent by weight. In compositions designed to be employed as concentrates, the active ingredients, in certain embodiments, are present in a concentration from about 0.1 to 98 weight percent, and in certain embodiment's about 0.5 to 90 weight percent. Such compositions are, in certain embodiments, diluted with an inert carrier, such as water, before application. The diluted compositions usually applied to weeds or the locus of weeds contain, in certain embodiments, about 0.0006 to 3.0 weight percent active ingredient and in certain embodiments contain about 0.01 to 1.0 weight percent.

The present compositions can be applied to weeds or their locus by the use of conventional ground or aerial dusters, sprayers, and granule applicators, by addition to irrigation or paddy water, and by other conventional means known to those skilled in the art.

The described embodiments and following examples are for illustrative purposes and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims. Other modifications, uses, or combinations with respect to the compositions described herein will be apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the claimed subject matter.

EXAMPLES

Results in Examples I and II are greenhouse trial results.

Example I Evaluation of Postemergence Foliar-Applied Herbicidal Mixtures for Weed Control in Direct Seeded Rice

Seeds or nutlets of the desired test plant species were planted in a soil matrix prepared by mixing a loam or sandy loam soil (e.g., 28.6 percent silt, 18.8 percent clay, and 52.6 percent sand, with a pH of about 5.8 and an organic matter content of about 1.8 percent) and calcareous grit in an 80 to 20 ratio. The soil matrix was contained in plastic pots with a volume of 1 quart and a surface area of 83.6 square centimeters (cm²). When required to ensure good germination and healthy plants, a fungicide treatment and/or other chemical or physical treatment was applied. The plants were grown for 8-22 days in a greenhouse with an approximate 14 h photoperiod which was maintained at about 29° C. during the day and 26° C. during the night. Nutrients (Peters Excel® 15-5-15 5-Ca 2-Mg and iron chelate) were applied in the irrigation solution as needed and water was added on a regular basis. Supplemental lighting was provided with overhead metal halide 1000-Watt lamps as necessary. The plants were employed for testing when they reached the first through fourth true leaf stage.

Treatments consisted of the acid or esters of 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxy-phenyl) pyridine-2-carboxylic acid (Compound A), each formulated as an SC (suspension concentrate), and various herbicidal components alone and in combination. Forms of compound A were applied on an acid equivalent basis.

Forms of compound A (compound of formula I) tested include:

Other herbicidal components were applied on an active ingredient basis and included auxin transport inhibiting (ATI) herbicides chlorflurenol (technical material), chlorflurenol-methyl (technical material), diflufenzopyr (technical material), diflufenzopyr sodium (technical material), flurenol-methyl (technical material) and naptalam (technical material).

Treatment requirements were calculated based upon the rates being tested, the concentration of active ingredient or acid equivalent in the formulation, and a 12 mL application volume at a rate of 187 L/ha.

For treatments comprised of formulated compounds, measured amounts of compounds can be placed individually in 25 mL glass vials and diluted in a volume of 1.25% (v/v) Agri-Dex® crop oil concentrated to obtain 12× stock solutions. If a test compound does not dissolve readily, the mixture can be warmed and/or sonicated. Application solutions can be prepared by adding an appropriate amount of each stock solution (e.g., 1 mL) and diluted to the appropriate final concentrations with the addition of 10 mL of an aqueous mixture of 1.25% (v/v) crop oil concentrate so that the final spray solutions contain 1.25+/-0.05% (v/v) crop oil concentrate.

For treatments comprised of technical compounds, weighed amounts can be placed individually in 25 mL glass vials and dissolved in a volume of 97:3 v/v acetone/DMSO to obtain 12× stock solutions. If a test compound does not dissolve readily, the mixture can be warmed and/or sonicated. Application solutions can be prepared by adding an appropriate amount of each stock solution (e.g., 1 mL) and diluted to the appropriate final concentrations with the addition of 10 mL of an aqueous mixture of 1.5% (v/v) crop oil concentrate so that the final spray solutions contain 1.25% (v/v) crop oil concentrate. When technical materials are used, the concentrated stock solutions can be added to the spray solutions so that the final acetone and DMSO concentrations of the application solutions are 16.2% and 0.5%, respectively.

For treatments comprised of formulated and technical compounds, weighed amounts of the technical materials were placed individually in 25 mL glass vials and dissolved in a volume of 97:3 v/v acetone/DMSO to obtain 12× stock solutions, and measured amounts of the formulated compounds were placed individually in 25 mL glass vials and diluted in a volume of 1.5% (v/v) crop oil concentrate or water to obtain 12× stock solutions. If a test compound did not dissolve readily, the mixture was warmed and/or sonicated. Application solutions were prepared by adding an appropriate amount of each stock solution (e.g., 1 mL) and diluted to the appropriate final concentrations with the addition of an appropriate amount of an aqueous mixture of 1.5% (v/v) crop oil concentrate so that the final spray solutions contained 1.25% (v/v) crop oil concentrate. When required, additional water and/or 97:3 v/v acetone/DMSO was added to individual application solutions so that the final acetone and DMSO concentrations of the application solutions being compared were 8.1% and 0.25%, respectively.

All stock solutions and applications solutions were visually inspected for compound compatibility prior to application. Spray solutions were applied to the plant material with an overhead Mandel track sprayer equipped with an 8002E nozzle calibrated to deliver 187 L/ha over an application area of 0.503 m² at a spray height of 18 to 20 inches (46 to 50 cm) above average plant canopy height. Control plants were sprayed in the same manner with the solvent blank.

The treated plants and control plants were placed in a greenhouse as described above and watered by sub-irrigation to prevent wash-off of the test compounds. After approximately 3 weeks, the condition of the test plants as compared with that of the untreated plants was determined visually and scored on a scale of 0 to 100 percent where 0 corresponds to no injury or growth inhibition and 100 corresponds to complete kill.

Colby's equation was used to determine the herbicidal effects expected from the mixtures (Colby, S. R. 1967. Calculation of the synergistic and antagonistic response of herbicide combinations. Weeds 15:20-22.).

The following equation was used to calculate the expected activity of mixtures containing two active ingredients, A and B:

Expected=A+B−(A×B/100)

A=observed efficacy of active ingredient A at the same concentration as used in the mixture.

B=observed efficacy of active ingredient B at the same concentration as used in the mixture.

The compounds tested, application rates employed, plant species tested, and results are given in Tables 1-6.

TABLE 1 Synergistic Activity of Foliar-Applied Compound A Acid and Chlorflurenol-Methyl Ester Herbicidal Compositions on Control of Weeds Common to Rice Cropping Systems. Compound Chlorflurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 20 DAA A Acid Methyl ECHCG gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 4.38 0 60 — 8.75 0 80 — 0 275 0 — 4.38 275 99 60 8.75 275 95 80 Compound Chlorflurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 20 DAA A Acid Methyl ECHCO CYPIR gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp Obs Exp 4.38 0 40 — 30 — 0 68.75 0 — 0 — 0 137.5 0 — 0 — 0 275 0 — 0 — 4.38 68.75 90 40 60 30 4.38 137.5 90 40 60 30 4.38 275 90 40 99 30 Compound Chlorflurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 20 DAA A Acid Methyl LEFCH IPOHE gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp Obs Exp 4.38 0 0 — 20 — 8.75 0 30 — 20 — 17.5 0 30 — 50 — 0 275 10 — 55 — 4.38 275 55 10 85 64 8.75 275 50 37 80 64 17.5 275 50 37 80 78

TABLE 2 Synergistic Activity of Foliar-Applied Compound A Benzyl Ester and Chlorflurenol-Methyl Herbicidal Compositions on Control of Weeds Common to Rice Cropping Systems. Compound A Benzyl Chlorflurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 20 DAA Ester Methyl DIGSA gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 4.38 0 40 — 8.75 0 40 — 0 68.75 0 — 0 137.5 0 — 0 275 0 — 4.38 68.75 25 40 8.75 68.75 60 40 4.38 137.5 60 40 8.75 137.5 60 40 4.38 275 40 40 8.75 275 85 40 Compound A Benzyl Chlorflurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 20 DAA Ester Methyl ECHCG CYPIR gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp Obs Exp 4.38 0 60 — 70 — 0 68.75 0 — 0 — 0 137.5 0 — 0 — 0 275 0 — 0 — 4.38 68.75 80 60 95 70 4.38 137.5 90 60 80 70 4.38 275 85 60 100 70 Compound A Benzyl Chlorflurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 20 DAA Ester Methyl ECHCO IPOHE gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp Obs Exp 4.38 0 60 — 10 — 8.75 0 80 — 15 — 0 137.5 0 — 50 — 0 275 0 — 55 — 4.38 137.5 80 60 75 55 8.75 137.5 95 80 70 58 4.38 275 85 60 85 60 8.75 275 99 80 85 62 Compound A Benzyl Chlorflurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 20 DAA Ester Methyl LEFCH gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 4.38 0 15 — 8.75 0 30 — 0 68.75 0 — 0 137.5 10 — 0 275 10 — 4.38 68.75 50 15 8.75 68.75 55 30 4.38 137.5 30 24 8.75 137.5 55 37 4.38 275 75 24 8.75 275 45 37

TABLE 3 Synergistic Activity of Foliar-Applied Compound A Acid and Diflufenzopyr Herbicidal Compositions on Control of Weeds Common to Rice Cropping Systems. Compound Visual Weed Control (%) - 21 DAA A Acid Diflufenzopyr BRAPP gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 8.75 0 60 — 0 8.75 0 — 0 17.5 40 — 0 35 80 — 8.75 8.75 95 60 8.75 17.5 90 76 8.75 35 95 92 Compound Visual Weed Control (%) - 21 DAA A Acid Diflufenzopyr ECHCO gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 4.38 0 60 — 0 8.75 30 — 0 17.5 30 — 0 35 40 — 4.38 8.75 95 72 4.38 17.5 95 72 4.38 35 95 76 Compound Visual Weed Control (%) - 21 DAA A Acid Diflufenzopyr LEFCH gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 8.75 0 30 — 17.5 0 30 — 0 8.75 0 — 0 17.5 10 — 8.75 8.75 15 30 17.5 8.75 50 30 8.75 17.5 50 37 17.5 17.5 65 37

TABLE 4 Synergistic Activity of Foliar-Applied Compound A Benzyl Ester and Diflufenzopyr Herbicidal Compositions on Control of Weeds Common to Rice Cropping Systems. Compound A Benzyl Visual Weed Control (%) - 21 DAA Ester Diflufenzopyr BRAPP gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 4.38 0 70 — 8.75 0 75 — 17.5 0 95 — 0 8.75 0 — 4.38 8.75 95 70 8.75 8.75 95 75 17.5 8.75 95 95 Compound A Benzyl Visual Weed Control (%) - 21 DAA Ester Diflufenzopyr DIGSA gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 17.5 0 30 — 0 17.5 10 — 0 35 20 — 17.5 17.5 80 37 17.5 35 80 44 Compound A Benzyl Visual Weed Control (%) - 21 DAA Ester Diflufenzopyr LEFCH IPOHE gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp Obs Exp 4.38 0 15 — 10 — 8.75 0 40 — 10 — 17.5 0 50 — 25 — 0 8.75 0 — 75 — 0 17.5 10 — 70 — 4.38 8.75 15 15 85 78 8.75 8.75 50 40 85 78 17.5 8.75 65 50 90 81 4.38 17.5 50 24 85 73 8.75 17.5 55 46 85 73 17.5 17.5 60 55 85 78

TABLE 5 Synergistic Activity of Foliar-Applied Compound A Benzyl Ester and Flurenol-methyl Herbicidal Compositions on Control of Weeds Common to Rice Cropping Systems. Compound A Benzyl Flurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 22 DAA Ester methyl BRAPP CYPIR gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp Obs Exp 8 0 35 — 30 — 0 68.75 0 — 0 — 0 137.5 0 — 0 — 0 275 30 — 60 — 8 68.75 70 35 65 30 8 137.5 80 35 75 30 8 275 75 55 65 72

TABLE 6 Synergistic Activity of Foliar-Applied Compound A Benzyl Ester and Naptalam Herbicidal Compositions on Control of Weeds Common to Rice Cropping Systems. Compound A Benzyl Visual Weed Control (%) - 22 DAA Ester Naptalam BRAPP gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 8 0 35 — 16 0 80 — 0 30 0 — 0 60 0 — 0 120 0 — 8 30 75 35 16 30 80 80 8 60 70 35 16 60 90 80 8 120 80 35 16 120 85 80 Compound A Benzyl Visual Weed Control (%) - 22 DAA Ester Naptalam LEFCH gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 32 0 40 — 0 60 15 — 0 120 15 — 32 60 60 49 32 120 60 49 Compound A Benzyl Visual Weed Control (%) - 22 DAA Ester Naptalam IPOHE gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 8 0 0 — 16 0 25 — 32 0 50 — 0 60 15 — 0 120 15 — 8 60 25 15 16 60 45 36 32 60 60 58 8 120 40 15 16 120 25 36 32 120 70 58

BRAPP Brachiaria platyphylla (Griseb.) Nash signalgrass, broadleaf CYPIR Cyperus iria L. flatsedge, rice DIGSA Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. crabgrass, large ECHCG Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. barnyardgrass ECHCO Echinochloa colona (L.) Link junglerice IPOHE Ipomoea hederacea Jacq. morningglory, ivyleaf LEFCH Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees sprangletop, Chinese gae/ha = grams acid equivalent per hectare gai/ha = grams active ingredient per hectare Obs = observed value Exp = expected value as calculated by Colby's equation DAA = days after application

Example II Evaluation of in-Water Applied Herbicidal Mixtures for Weed Control in Transplanted Paddy Rice

Weed seeds or nutlets of the desired test plant species were planted in puddled soil (mud) prepared by mixing a shredded, non-sterilized mineral soil (50.5 percent silt, 25.5 percent clay, and 24 percent sand, with a pH of about 7.6 and an organic matter content of about 2.9 percent) and water at a 1:1 volumetric ratio. The prepared mud was dispensed in 365 mL aliquots into 16-ounce (oz.) non-perforated plastic pots with a surface area of 86.59 square centimeters (cm²) leaving a headspace of 3 centimeters (cm) in each pot. Mud was allowed to dry overnight prior to planting or transplanting. Rice seeds were planted in Sun Gro MetroMix® 306 planting mixture, which typically has a pH of 6.0 to 6.8 and an organic matter content of about 30 percent, in plastic plug trays. Seedlings at the second or third leaf stage of growth were transplanted into 840 mL of mud contained in 32-oz. non-perforated plastic pots with a surface area of 86.59 cm² 4 days prior to herbicide application. The paddy was created by filling the headspace of the pots with 2.5 to 3 cm of water. When required to ensure good germination and healthy plants, a fungicide treatment and/or other chemical or physical treatment was applied. The plants were grown for 4-22 days in a greenhouse with an approximate 14 h photoperiod which was maintained at about 29′C during the day and 26° C. during the night. Nutrients were added as Osmocote® (19:6:12, N:P:K+minor nutrients) at 2 g per 16-oz. pot and 4 g per 960-mL 32-oz. pot. Water was added on a regular basis to maintain the paddy flood, and supplemental lighting was provided with overhead metal halide 1000-Watt lamps as necessary. The plants were employed for testing when they reached the second or third true leaf stage.

Treatments consisted of the acid or esters of 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxy-phenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid (compound A) each formulated as an SC and various herbicidal components alone and in combination. Forms of compound A were applied on an acid equivalent basis.

Forms of compound A (compound of formula I) tested include:

Other herbicidal components were applied on an active ingredient basis and included auxin transport inhibiting (ATI) herbicides chlorflurenol-methyl (technical material), chlorflurenol (technical material), diflufenzopyr (technical material), dilfufenzopyr sodium (technical material), flurenol-methyl (technical material,) and naptalam (technical material).

Treatment requirements for each compound or herbicidal component were calculated based upon the rates being tested, the concentration of active ingredient or acid equivalent in the formulation, an application volume of 2 mL per component per pot, and an application area of 86.59 cm² per pot.

For formulated compounds, a measured amount was placed in an individual 100 or 200 mL glass vial and was dissolved in a volume of 1.25% (v/v) Agri-Dex® crop oil concentrate to obtain application solutions. If the test compound did not dissolve readily, the mixture was warmed and/or sonicated.

For technical grade compounds, a weighed amount was placed in an individual 100 to 200 mL glass vial and was dissolved in a volume of acetone to obtain concentrated stock solutions. If the test compound did not dissolve readily, the mixture was warmed and/or sonicated. The concentrated stock solutions obtained were diluted with an equivalent volume of an aqueous mixture containing 2.5% (v/v) crop oil concentrate so that the final application solutions contained 1.25% (v/v) crop oil concentrate.

Applications were made by injecting with a pipetter appropriate amounts of the application solutions, individually and sequentially, into the aqueous layer of the paddy. Control plants were treated in the same manner with the solvent blank. Applications were made so that all treated plant material received the same concentrations of acetone and crop oil concentrate.

The treated plants and control plants were placed in a greenhouse as described above and water was added as needed to maintain a paddy flood. After approximately 3 weeks the condition of the test plants as compared with that of the untreated plants was determined visually and scored on a scale of 0 to 100 percent where 0 corresponds to no injury or growth inhibition and 100 corresponds to complete kill.

Colby's equation was used to determine the herbicidal effects expected from the mixtures (Colby, S. R. 1967. Calculation of the synergistic and antagonistic response of herbicide combinations. Weeds 15:20-22.).

The following equation was used to calculate the expected activity of mixtures containing two active ingredients, A and B:

Expected=A+B−(A×B/100)

A=observed efficacy of active ingredient A at the same concentration as used in the mixture.

B=observed efficacy of active ingredient B at the same concentration as used in the mixture.

Some of the compounds tested, application rates employed, plant species tested, and results are given in Tables 7-13.

TABLE 7 Synergistic Activity of In-Water Applications of Compound A Acid and Chlorflurenol-Methyl Herbicidal Compositions on Control of Weeds Common to Rice Cropping Systems. Visual Weed Control (%) - Compound Chlorflurenol- 20 DAA A Acid Methyl ECHCG gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp   17.5 0 50 — 35 0 95 —  0 275 15 —  0 550 20 —   17.5 275 100 58 35 275 100 96   17.5 550 100 60 35 550 100 96 Compound Chlorflurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 20 DAA A Acid Methyl ECHOR LEFCH SCPMA gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp Obs Exp Obs Exp 8.75 0 10 — 20 — 0 — 17.5 0 15 — 0 — 0 — 35 0 25 — 30 — 30 — 0 550 10 — 0 — 80 — 8.75 550 60 19 40 20 100 80 17.5 550 50 24 40  0 100 80 35 550 70 33 30 30 100 86

TABLE 8 Synergistic Activity of In-Water Applications of Compound A Benzyl Ester and Chlorflurenol-Methyl Herbicidal Compositions on Control of Weeds Common to Rice Cropping Systems. Compound A Benzyl Chlorflurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 20 DAA Ester Methyl ECHCG gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 4.38 0 40 — 0 275 15 — 0 550 20 — 4.38 275 100 49 4.38 550 99 52 Compound A Benzyl Chlorflurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 20 DAA Ester Methyl ECHOR gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 4.38 0 10 — 8.75 0 15 — 0 275 20 — 0 550 10 — 4.38 275 80 28 8.75 275 60 32 4.38 550 55 19 8.75 550 80 24 Compound A Benzyl Chlorflurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 20 DAA Ester Methyl LEFCH gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 4.38 0 0 — 8.75 0 20 — 17.5 0 30 — 0 275 0 — 0 550 0 — 4.38 275 30 0 8.75 275 30 20 17.5 275 50 30 4.38 550 100 0 8.75 550 90 20 17.5 550 95 30 Compound A Benzyl Chlorflurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 20 DAA Ester Methyl SCPMA gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 4.38 0 0 — 8.75 0 0 — 17.5 0 0 — 0 275 75 — 4.38 275 95 75 8.75 275 100 75 17.5 275 95 75

TABLE 9 Synergistic Activity of In-Water Applications of Compound A Acid and Chlorflurenol Herbicidal Compositions on Control of Weeds Common to Rice Cropping Systems. Compound Visual Weed Control (%) - 22 DAA A Acid Chlorflurenol ECHOR gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 8.75 0 0 — 17.5 0 20 — 35 0 20 — 0 550 30 — 8.75 550 40 30 17.5 550 40 44 35 550 70 44 Compound Visual Weed Control (%) - 22 DAA A Acid Chlorflurenol ECHCG SCPMA gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp Obs Exp 8.75 0 0 — 0 — 17.5 0 15 — 0 — 35 0 15 — 0 — 0 275 10 — 45 — 8.75 275 20 10 50 45 17.5 275 15 24 70 45 35 275 40 24 50 45

TABLE 10 Synergistic Activity of In-Water Applications of Compound A Benzyl Ester and Chlorflurenol Herbicidal Compositions on Weed Control in a Rice Cropping System. Compound A Benzyl Visual Weed Control (%) - 22 DAA Ester Chlorflurenol ECHCG gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 4.38 0 10 — 8.75 0 25 — 17.5 0 60 — 0 275 10 — 4.38 275 40 19 8.75 275 35 33 17.5 275 85 64 Compound A Benzyl Visual Weed Control (%) - 22 DAA Ester Chlorflurenol SCPMA gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 8.75 0 0 — 17.5 0 0 — 0 275 45 — 0 550 60 — 8.75 275 60 45 17.5 275 60 45 8.75 550 50 60 17.5 550 80 60

TABLE 11 Synergistic Activity of In-Water Applications of Compound A Benzyl Ester and Diflufenzopyr Sodium Herbicidal Compositions on Weed Control in a Rice Cropping System. Compound A Benzyl Diflufenzopyr Visual Weed Control (%) - 19 DAA Ester sodium ECHCG CYPRO gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp Obs Exp 8 0 30 — 50 — 16 0 20 — 85 — 32 0 40 — 90 — 0 17.5 20 — 0 — 0 35 50 — 0 — 0 70 20 — 10 — 8 17.5 50 44 70 50 16 17.5 95 36 85 85 32 17.5 99 52 100 90 8 35 50 65 100 50 16 35 80 60 100 85 32 35 70 70 100 90 8 70 75 44 85 55 16 70 90 36 80 87 32 70 99 52 100 91 Compound A Benzyl Diflufenzopyr Visual Weed Control (%) - 19 DAA Ester sodium FIMMI gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 16 0 0 — 0 17.5 50 — 0 35 55 — 0 70 60 — 16 17.5 75 50 16 35 75 55 16 70 75 60

TABLE 12 Synergistic Activity of In-Water Applications of Compound A Benzyl Ester and Flurenol-methyl Ester Herbicidal Compositions on Weed Control in a Rice Cropping System. Compound A Benzyl Flurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 19 DAA Ester methyl ECHCG FIMMI gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp Obs Exp 8 0 30 — 0 — 16 0 20 — 0 — 32 0 40 — 85 — 0 68.75 0 — 0 — 0 137.5 0 — 0 — 0 275 0 — 20 — 8 68.75 35 30 0 0 16 68.75 20 20 20 0 32 68.75 100 40 90 85 8 137.5 30 30 10 0 16 137.5 20 20 20 0 32 137.5 80 40 100 85 8 275 95 30 35 20 16 275 85 20 85 20 32 275 100 40 100 88 Compound A Benzyl Flurenol- Visual Weed Control (%) - 19 DAA Ester methyl CYPRO gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 8 0 50 — 16 0 85 — 32 0 90 — 0 68.75 0 — 0 137.5 0 — 8 68.75 85 50 16 68.75 80 85 32 68.75 100 90 8 137.5 85 50 16 137.5 100 85 32 137.5 100 90

TABLE 13 Synergistic Activity of In-Water Applications of Compound A Benzyl Ester and Naptalam Herbicidal Compositions on Weed Control in a Rice Cropping System. Compound A Benzyl Visual Weed Control (%) - 19 DAA Ester Naptalam ECHCG FIMMI gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp Obs Exp 8 0 30 — 0 — 16 0 20 — 0 — 32 0 40 — 85 — 0 330 20 — 50 — 8 330 95 44 65 50 16 330 85 36 80 50 32 330 95 52 90 93 Compound A Benzyl Visual Weed Control (%) - 19 DAA Ester Naptalam ECHOR gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 32 0 25 — 0 330 20 — 0 660 25 — 0 1320 30 — 32 330 60 40 32 660 20 44 32 1320 70 48 Compound A Benzyl Visual Weed Control (%) - 19 DAA Ester Naptalam CYPRO gae/ha gai/ha Obs Exp 8 0 50 — 16 0 85 — 32 0 90 — 0 330 0 — 0 1320 50 — 8 330 90 50 16 330 85 85 32 330 100 90 8 1320 90 75 16 1320 100 93 32 1320 100 95

CYPRO Cyperus rotundus L. nutsedge, purple ECHCG Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. barnyardgrass ECHOR Echinochloa oryzoides (Ard.) Fritsch watergrass, early FIMMI Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl fringerush, globe LEFCH Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees sprangletop, Chinese SCPMA Schoenoplectus maritimus (L.) Lye or clubrush, sea Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla gae/ha = grams acid equivalent per hectare gai/ha = grams active ingredient per hectare Obs = observed value Exp = expected value as calculated by Colby's equation DAA = days after application 

What is claimed is:
 1. A herbicidal composition comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a compound of the formula (I)

or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) an auxin transport inhibitor.
 2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the compound of formula (I) is present in at least one form selected from: a carboxylic acid, a carboxylate salt, an aralkyl, an alkyl ester, an unsubstituted benzyl, a substituted benzyl, a C₁₋₄ alkyl, and an n-butyl ester.
 3. The composition of claim 1, wherein (b) the auxin transport inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of chlorflurenol-methyl, chlorflurenol, diflufenzopyr, diflufenzopyr sodium, flurenol-methyl, flurenol, naptalam and agriculturally acceptable carboxylate salts, carboxylic acids, or esters thereof.
 4. The composition of claim 3, wherein the weight ratio given in units of gae/ha to gai/ha of the compound of formula (I) or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof to chlorflurenol-methyl or chlorflurenol or agriculturally acceptable carboxylate salt, carboxylic acid, or ester thereof is from about 1:3.9 to about 1:125.6.
 5. The composition of claim 3, wherein the weight ratio given in units of gae/ha to gai/ha of the compound of formula (I) or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof to diflufenzopyr or diflufenzopyr sodium or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof is from about 2:1 to about 1:18.
 6. The composition of claim 3, wherein the weight ratio given in units of gae/ha to gai/ha of compound of formula (I) or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof to flurenol-methyl or flurenol or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof is from about 1:2.2 to about 1:34.4.
 7. The composition of claim 3, wherein the weight ratio given in units of gae/ha to gai/ha of compound of formula (I) or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof to naptalam or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof is from about 2:1 to about 1:165.
 8. The composition claim 1 further comprising an agriculturally acceptable adjuvant, carrier, or safener.
 9. A method of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising applying or otherwise contacting vegetation and/or soil, and/or water with a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a compound of the formula (I)

or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) an auxin transport inhibitor.
 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the undesirable vegetation is controlled in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights of way (ROW).
 11. The method of claim 9, wherein the water is part of a flooded rice paddy.
 12. The method according to claim 9 wherein a herbicidally effective amount of (a) is applied either pre- or post emergently to at least one of the following: a crop, a field, a ROW, or a paddy.
 13. The method of claim 9, wherein the undesirable vegetation is controlled in glyphosate-, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase inhibitor-, glufosinate-, glutamine synthetase inhibitor-, dicamba-, phenoxy auxin-, pyridyloxy auxin-, synthetic auxin-, auxin transport inhibitor-, aryloxyphenoxypropionate-, cyclohexanedione-, phenylpyrazoline-, acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitor-, imidazolinone-, sulfonylurea-, pyrimidinylthiobenzoate-, triazolopyrimidine-, sulfonylaminocarbonyltriazolinone-, acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) inhibitor-, 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor-, phytoene desaturase inhibitor-, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitor-, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor-, cellulose biosynthesis inhibitor-, mitosis inhibitor-, microtubule inhibitor-, very long chain fatty acid inhibitor-, fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis inhibitor-, photosystem I inhibitor-, photosystem II inhibitor-, triazine-, or bromoxynil-tolerant crops.
 14. The method of claim 13, wherein a plant that is tolerant to at least one herbicide is treated, and where the tolerant crop possesses multiple or stacked traits conferring tolerance to multiple herbicides or inhibitors of multiple modes of action, in some embodiments the treated plant that expresses resistance to a herbicide is a itself undesirable vegetation.
 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the resistant or tolerant weed is a biotype with resistance or tolerance to multiple herbicides, multiple chemical classes, multiple herbicide modes-of-action or via multiple resistance mechanisms.
 16. The method of claim 14, wherein the resistant or tolerant weed is a biotype resistant or tolerant to acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) inhibitors, photosystem II inhibitors, acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors, synthetic auxins, auxin transport inhibitors, photosystem I inhibitors, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase inhibitors, microtubule assembly inhibitors, fatty acid and lipid synthesis inhibitors, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitors, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors, very long chain fatty acid (VLCFA) inhibitors, phytoene desaturase (PDS) inhibitors, glutamine synthetase inhibitors, 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate-dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors, mitosis inhibitors, cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors, herbicides with multiple modes-of-action, quinclorac, arylaminopropionic acids, difenzoquat, endothall, or organoarsenicals.
 17. The method according to claim 9, wherein the amount of chlorflurenol-methyl or chlorflurenol is applied at a rate, expressed in ai/ha of chlorflurenol-methyl or chlorflurenol, from about 68.75 to about
 550. 18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the wherein the controlled plant is at least one plant selected from the genera consisting of: Echinochloa, Cyperus, Leptochloa, Ipomoea, Digitaria, Schoenoplectus, and Bolboschoenus.
 19. The method according to claim 9, wherein the amount of diflufenzopyr or diflufenzopyr sodium is applied at a rate, expressed in ai/ha of diflufenzopyr or diflufenzopyr sodium, from about 8.75 to about
 70. 20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the wherein the controlled plant is at least one plant selected from the genera consisting of: Brachiaria, Leptochloa, Digitaria, Ipomoea, Echinochloa, Cyperus, and Fimbristylis.
 21. The method according to claim 9, wherein the amount of flurenol or flurenol-methyl is applied at a rate, expressed in ai/ha of flurenol or flurenol-methyl, from about 68.75 to about
 275. 22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the wherein the controlled plant is at least one plant selected from the genera consisting of: Brachiaria, Cyperus, Echinochloa, Fimbristylis, and Cyperus.
 23. The method according to claim 9, wherein the amount of naptalam is applied at a rate, expressed in ai/ha of naptalam, from about 30 to about
 1320. 24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the wherein the controlled plant is at least one plant selected from the genera consisting of: Brachiaria, Leptochloa, Ipomoea, Echinochloa, Fimbristylis, Echinochloa, and Cyperus 